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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26634872, member: 10461&quot;]I made a good buddy, not on the bourse floor, as it happens, but rather back at the hotel, late on Friday and Saturday nights.&nbsp; We just met by random chance and talked for hours into the night.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn’t even catch his name until I looked him up on the floor Sunday (he had told me he was at Table 153, which I remembered).&nbsp; <b>Dan Pecoraro</b>, it happens, is not only a dealer but also a middle school science teacher and the Director of Young Numismatists for the <a href="http://pbcc.anaclubs.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pbcc.anaclubs.org/" rel="nofollow">Palm Beach Coin Club</a>.&nbsp; He’s the kind of guy who is a true ambassador for YNs.</p><p><br /></p><p>He is also a real character, as you can see from the photo below.&nbsp; He is a jeweler and lapidary and World coin guy, and wears lots of bling including a heavy tricornered hat he made from saddle leather.&nbsp; My kinda guy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698743[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this Nova Scotia halfpenny from Dan.&nbsp; He let me have it for my giveaway stash, for 20 bucks.&nbsp; I like these old “thistle” types.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698744[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698745[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saw this cool shipwreck escudo nearby.&nbsp; Don’t remember if it was Dan’s, or someone else’s.&nbsp; Don’t even know if it was for sale, or just on display, as a lot of the shipwreck stuff is.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698746[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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