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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26023307, member: 10461&quot;]<b>Saturday, January 11, 2025.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>We have breakfasted but not left the hotel yet.&nbsp; The bourse doesn’t open to the public until 10:00 AM, so there’s some time to kill.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m going through some of yesterday’s pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two things I’m sort of looking for while at the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a US $3 gold piece, to replace <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/249953/coins-world-united-states-1854-gold-3-dollar-indian-princess" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/249953/coins-world-united-states-1854-gold-3-dollar-indian-princess" rel="nofollow">the one I now regret selling</a> last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either of these two I saw at one table would be an upgrade to the XF40 I had, but I’m not really sure if I’d take the plunge on either of them.&nbsp; They’re on my “thinkin’ about” list.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1654483[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Update</b>: I bought neither one, but <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2025-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.415802/page-7#post-26026831" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2025-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.415802/page-7#post-26026831">found a different AU58</a> on Sunday.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second thing I’m sort of looking for is a gold Spanish cob, preferably with a shipwreck pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one I saw (at the same table as those $3 pieces) does fit the criteria, but I think the pricetag ($7,500, as I recall) is way, <i>way</i> beyond my pain threshold.&nbsp; So this one is not likely to happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Terrible pix- sorry- didn’t even get the full slab in the frame.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1654484[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1654485[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I sorta had this notion in my head (perhaps misguided) that I could maybe find a small gold cob in the $2-3K range, if I looked hard enough.&nbsp; Am I way out of touch with reality there?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to visit the Sedgwick table, if they’re at the show.&nbsp; I’m confident they are.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Update</b>: I failed to make it to the Sedgwick table, but <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2025-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.415802/page-5#post-26024759" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2025-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.415802/page-5#post-26024759">I did find my gold cob</a> on Saturday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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