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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 3026549, member: 73983&quot;]I have been looking forward to this show for months now. I had to miss it last year as my son was sick and the wife had to work, but everything worked out great this year. I was hoping to hit the road by 9:30 am and arrive right at the 12:00 pm opening, but I had a few loose ends to tie up first, so I got a bit of a late start. Traffic was light on the way up, so it only took 2.5 hours to drive there and I arrived just before 1:00 pm.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I arrived, the parking was pretty full, but I managed to find a spot close to the entrance. Thankfully the parking is free at this event. I made my way to the entrance, where I was greeted with a smile and an offer to take an elongated cent to commemorate this particular PNNA Show. I asked if I could take a few as my kids enjoy them and I wanted to send one out to one of my east coast friends. <img src="https://forums.collectors.com/resources/emoji/smile.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]753591[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]753592[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I happily paid the $2.00 admission and entered the show. It was pretty crowded and everyone seemed to be having a great time. Lot&#039;s of dealers with fresh coins. I started over towards the left side and worked my way up and down each aisle. I was greeted with a lot of smiling faces from dealers which is always a good sign. My first stop was a dealer that had a couple of nicely toned Canadian coins. I didn&#039;t end up buying any as I had just arrived and the pricing was a bit more than I wanted to pay for raw.</p><p><br /></p><p>My next stop was a larger dealer from the Seattle area who had a corner table. They had a lot of freshly graded coins back from PCGS, mostly Morgan&#039;s, so I took a peek. A couple grabbed my interest, but I had just arrived and didn&#039;t want to just start spending money without looking around a bit. But, as I rounded the corner I noticed an old NGC fatty with a bright almost baby blue green label looking up at me from the case. It was a 1938-D Buffalo, something that I have recently become addicted to buying. It was graded MS-67 and appeared to have pretty decent color to boot. So I asked to look at it. I didn&#039;t own an MS-67 yet, so this would be a great addition to the heard. After looking it over, I noticed the MM appeared to something going on with it. So I got out my higher powered lens and took a look. Sure enough, it was an unattributed FS-511 OMM-001 D/D/D/S. I handed it back to the dealer and asked how much? I was very happy with the price he offered, so I bought it. I was ecstatic that my first purchase was a home run. I&#039;ve been wanting a D/S for quite some time, but I prefer to cherrypick my varieties. I didn&#039;t expect to find such a nice example to go unattributed by one of the big TPG&#039;s. I was also very happy as the holder appeared to be in pristine condition. It did have an old sticker over the hologram on the back, which I was a bit concerned about. But, it came off and the residue was easy to remove with a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol. The hologram is completely intact, which is great for my OCD. <img src="https://forums.collectors.com/resources/emoji/smile.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]753593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]753594[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]753595[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My next stop was the other side of the aisle. There were a lot of customers sitting down with thick binders looking through pages of 2x2 flips. This is one of my favorite things to do, look through binders of coins. The binder or Mercury Dimes was available. The dealer gave me an extra chair and I shared a light with another customer. I started flipping through the binder not finding much. The earlier dates were all lower grade. But, once I got to the &#039;40&#039;s, I started to find better material. I pulled (2) higher grade 1941-S FS-511 Large S Mercury Dimes. One is an AU and the other a low end Unc. I also found a really nice looking Gem 1942-S with full McDonalds Arches, FSB. The coin really jumped out at me. It had been struck with dies that had previously clashed and consequently were abraded from the repair work, leaving behind heavy die file lines. Remnants of the clash can be seen next to the Axe on the reverse, part of Liberty&#039;s neck is still there. The reverse shows most of the repair work. I also bought a 1929-S Buffalo with a nice sized lamination error on the reverse. I don&#039;t have any photo&#039;s of it as it&#039;s still soaking in acetone.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]753596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]753597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]753598[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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