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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YNcoinpro_U.S., post: 246175, member: 3225&quot;]I know it&#039;s only Friday and there&#039;s still &quot;plenty&quot; of show left for Saturday and Sunday, but I thought I&#039;d share my experience on how things went.&nbsp; The reason I parened &quot;plenty&quot; is that the show slows down to almost nothing by 2 PM tomorrow (Saturday) and there&#039;s usually only 40% of the dealers setting up on Sunday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I was disappointed with how I made out in the end.&nbsp; I arrived at the show right before it started, at 10 AM, and immediately scowered the floor to see what I could find.&nbsp; My goal for the show was to either find a no problem Bust Half-Dime in VF-EF condition and with a preference of a die crack or cud.&nbsp; Another goal of mine was to find a reasonably priced semi-key/ key Bust or Seated Half-Dollar in the same VF-EF grade.&nbsp; I stopped at several dealers I knew and many that I didn&#039;t.&nbsp; Many of the dealers I went to had limited quantities of problem free Bust and Seated material.&nbsp; Then if they did have what I wanted in grade, they didn&#039;t (normally) have the rarity I was searching for.&nbsp; I walked around for a couple hours without a single purchase.&nbsp; Frustrated and annoyed, I stopped by the Heritage Table to chat with fellow CoinTalk member CaveTroll.</p><p><br /></p><p>We talked coins on and off, I showed him some of my newest finds (not from the show), met some of his co-workers (all were extremely friendly and helpful) and talked about college.</p><p><br /></p><p>I eventually scowered the bourse again to see if I missed anything or to switch what I should look for.&nbsp; I soon found a coin that cought my eye.&nbsp; This coin was foreign, and I almost never buy foreign, but I bought it because it, likely, has some early American history behind it.&nbsp; I found an 1810 1/2 Reale Spanish Silver coin in fairly low grade (not better than VG) for $12.&nbsp; I showed it to a couple of people who thought that the reverse could have been overstruck or double-struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>To sum the rest of the show up, I bought an 1840 Seated Half in F-12, and I bought a Seated Half Dansco album.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you were there (i.e. CaveTroll) tell us how your experience was and post if you bought anything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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