Howdy peeps, Are there any CT'ers planning on going to the Coin & Currency Show next weekend in Memphis? I'm thinking of going early Saturday morning and was hoping to finally bump into another CT'er or two. :hail: Ribbit
No, but I wish I could have a nice blues and BBQ weekend in Memphis! :eat: Eat some BBQ for me at Showboat and tell Mr. King hello if you run into him and Lucille! :high5: :thumb:
Only one member is going? There's gotta be more than that? :goof: Plus, I know you all don't want to let me have the entire show to myself, to cherrypick all the goodies, which I will be showing off Saturday when I get back. We'll have to figure out some way of meeting, Ed. :hail: I'll be with Will Nipper so if anyone wants his book and to have him personally autograph it, he'll be there. :bow: Ribbit
Sounds like a good time, unfortunately I can't go! Have fun and find some neat stuff, just be sure to post pics
Hey Toad, I will Pm you my cell #...The economy has put me in the corner so I will just look and wish....I will prob only post pic of my ticket stub..... lol I know one of local dealers fairly well and he will be there with a booth. I will be sure and introduce yal.
The dealer's shop wouldn't be located behind Houston's - would it? I might be there - bad time of year for me.
I don't expect to find anything I want but I will go flush just in case. Plus, it's a currency show so there will be more paper than coins and I am not a paper buff. :goof: I hope there will be some old copper since I can't find any around my turf. Ribbit
If you are refering to the Houton's on Poplar Ave. Yes that is the one ...off Sanderlin Have know him and his family since I was kid.
Memphis Coin & Currency Show Update: I went, I saw, and I conquered! Met my first CT member in person (Ed) and spent a little time with him but we were both more interested in the show and looking at everything, that we didn't spend much time together, plus, when he showed up, I had just located a binder with a couple dozen colonial coppers in it and Will Nipper and I were busy attributing them to see if there were any good ones in the lot. The show wasn't huge but it wasn't small either. We spent 6 hours there and had a blast but I doubt Will's wife will ever let him go to a show with me, since we stayed an extra 3 hours longer than planned. :goofer: I picked up three coppers: 1786 M2.1-A Connecticut (R-3): 1787 M33.13-z.1 Connecticut (R-6): 1802 S-236 DBC (R-1): The last two were upgrades to ones I already had. hya: Ribbit
Hey Toad ....I had a great time at the show .It was a real pleasure to meet you and Will N......I started my first "short snorter" with Will Nipper being my first signature. Now I wish I had seen you when it was time to leave and I would have got you to sign as well. Again nice meeting you How do you think the 1802 Draped Bust grades.............cool cent! Eddie in Memphis
The damage on the obverse is a planchet flaw, which are rare to find in the DBC's, so I'd give it a VG-10 to F-12 with planchet defect. I thought it was a steal @ fifty bucks. I paid $70 for the 1786 and $129 for the 1787 and I sold a Pidcock's Conder token for $100. The same person that bought the Conder wanted my Christ's Hospital Six Pence Token but I ain't part'n with that one. encil: Plus, he was eyeball'n my 1668 heart-shaped half-peny but I ain't part'n with it either! I really enjoyed the show, even though it was primarily a currency show and it was awesome to finally get to meet a fellow CT'r. :thumb: Ribbit Ps: Did my ponytail surprise you? I doubt anyone here knows I have a ponytail.
Wow........You made me look up the heart shaped half cent on the net...have never seen anything like that . It is the one marked MILLTON. Those old coppers come in some cool shapes and sizes. Did the ponytail surprise me? ...no not at all. When I saw you and Will I thought of George Carlin and Ron White, of course you being George
