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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 391303, member: 11521&quot;]<b>Saturday</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I didn&#039;t really need to go to Registration today for Session II (because I registered last Saturday) but I decided to go anyway for a free lunch and to meet whoever may be there. I met a few new people who have never attended Summer Seminar. I even gave one guy a ride to the coin show.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was able to resist the urge to buy coins at the coin show on Friday but succombed on Saturday. I left only $210 lighter. All the coins I bought were raw. I picked up a very nice MS-64 1952-S/S/S Washington quarter and a nice 1962 MS-63 Washington quarter DDO. (See! Those Washington quarter books are coming in handy already!) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I got a good looking MS-63 1936 Buffalo nickel, a VG 1868 Shield Nickel variety with a broken letter (the &#039;C&#039; in CENTS) and an AU-53 1912 Liberty Nickel with very attractive reverse toning. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>At one dealer&#039;s bargain bin I got an unattributed ancient, an anciet labled Judea BC 103-76 Yehonatan, a 1933 Checkoslovakia coin with a cool lion on the obverse and an artistic &#039;25&#039; on the reverse and a Mexico 1753 MoM 1/2 Real (Pillar Type). All half price.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My last purchase was what appears to be an original Hobo nickel on a 1913 Type II Buffalo nickel. The hat and collar are very crude but the hair and beard are somewhat nicely detailed. The fields have been dressed (which is not particularly common on a Below Average Hobo nickel - the grade it appears to be). Oddly there is no ear on this Hobo. I will need to study this Hobo some more before I decide whether it is original or modern. For the price I paid I won&#039;t be hurt too bad if it is a modern. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A dealer buddy told me he thought he spotted a counterfeit that was being sold as genuine. I looked at it and I am almost certain it is a cast fake but I didn&#039;t get to look at it long because my phone rang. The coin is priced at well over $2,000 because it is purported to be a mid-1790s silver coin. I am staying out of this one. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Night, night.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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