An undercooked and overpriced sausage dog. $12.60-something for this. The concession area in the convention center operates on the movie theater pricing strategy, apparently. Most items are $18-20+.
Personally I think the real story is way cooler than the Martha's donated silverware story. Nobody ever claimed Martha actually held any of the coins, it was like "here's some silver, you're welcome", whereas Jefferson spent them with his own hands. You'd have to know if it was the first striking though, right? I would love to see one in person. Someone found one in a junk bin a few years back. Imagine that. https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/collector-finds-rare-1792-half-disme-in-junk-box
One… two… three… four… five showcases full of nothing but Bust dollars! For some reason, I didn’t get a pic of one of the cases. There was a sixth case with other stuff.
Who's the dealer who has the medieval silver/high grade Roman silver on the table - top picture? Per ancients dealers who aren't on vcoins, would you mind getting their url's? I'd like to branch out a little.
@KBBPLL : From the ANA article "The second striking, at the mint’s new facility on North Seventh Street, occurred on October 9, 1792, yielding approximately 200 to 500 half dismes, significant numbers of which were retained as souvenirs by David Rittenhouse and others. Some of the highest-graded half dismes in existence today can be attributed to this striking." 1500 in July, 200-500 in October (with rust marks from the dies). PCGS's survival estimates are 275 all grades, 35 MS60 or higher.
@messydesk is photographing the 1793 Bermuda proof penny I bought yesterday, and the 1922 lusterbomb Peace dollar mentioned earlier in this thread. (I bought the latter from Randy.)
Thanks, LordMarcovan, per my question, one of the crosses for sale showed the name of the firm, Tiber Numismatics, and I looked it up. If you happen to pass by that table with the PVC binder full of Spanish cobs (previous page), ditto question on that one, please.
My friend Jason from Western North Carolina works in a coin shop in Asheville. That area, as you may know, was among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. One unfortunate property owner temporarily lost a monster box of Silver Eagles in the extreme flooding. The coins were washed downstream and later recovered by some honest and upstanding volunteers who were helping in the cleanup and recovery efforts during the aftermath. They were submitted to ICG for a special pedigreed holder. I cherrypicked a nice scuzzy one with visible floodwater deposits on it. This coin is destined for my giveaways. Call it an interesting piece of disaster history.
The trays of ancient coins seemed way overpriced as well. I typically pay 1/2 of what they have priced. I guess they marked it up 200% to give everyone a 50% discount.
Yeah, most of the $70 Roman silver weren't a great deal. I did spot a seal or two which I was somewhat interested in.
Yea most of those are nice grade Gordian III antoninianiani that I can pick up at auction for $40-$50 or less.
@messydesk has imaged over 200 Early Dated coins along with a few others. Gave me a huge honor when he featured one of my coins in his calendar. Very talented and the cost is reasonable.
End of day two. I think coins are the hot ticket. LordM sold off a few pieces he had. I sold off a gold bar. Seemed every other table I stopped at the dealer asked if I had anything to sell. It’s a good time to be a coin geek.
I went back (briefly) to find that table again, but sorry- I failed in that quest. Many dealers are packing up and leaving. Dunno if that was one of them.