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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 764231, member: 16948&quot;]For those of you who attended the Ontario show, feel free to post your reports.&nbsp; Here&#039;s mine....</p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday morning was set up, and the show opened at 2pm. I had an Indian cent die variety guy (Ron) help me Thursday afternoon. This was his first time working behind the table, and although he has some physical limitations right now, I think he really enjoyed the experience. He especially likes going through my coins pointing out repunched dates, misplaced digits, and other die varieties. I was lucky enough to have a table right up front and ended up being pretty busy. I had a lot of regular customers stop by, including a couple forum members. I ended up selling quite a few pieces on Thursday, and lots more today (Friday), so this has been a great show for me. I even had one of the top Conder token guys stop by and ask if I had any British material. I said I did, but it wasn&#039;t for sale - since I happened to have my new Conder tokens with me. He was actually excited to see what I had and said it made his show just to be able to see them - that made me feel really good since I&#039;m such a novice at collecting these beautiful copper pieces!</p><p><br /></p><p>I did buy a few coins, including a very pretty 1862 Indian cent, NGC MS65, for my personal collection (will post photos later). I bought it because I thought it was a neat variety. It has really dramatic die polishing lines over the ear, but when I looked it up in Rick&#039;s books to find out the Snow number, it wasn&#039;t listed. So I called Rick and asked him what Snow number he thought this variety was, he said that he hadn&#039;t seen this variety in 1862. There are similar varieties for other dates (1864 CN, 1875), but not for an 1862. So I asked if this meant that I had actually discovered a new variety, and Rick said YES! So I&#039;ll give the coin to Rick to photograph when I see him in FUN so he can add it to the next edition of this volume of the Attribution Guide. I&#039;m very excited to have &quot;discovered&quot; a new variety!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had a lot of people at this show who just want to &quot;pick my brain&quot; about certain dates, copper coins, or buying coins in general. I do enjoy spending time, when it&#039;s available, with collectors - I always end up learning something myself. I had a dealer offer me one of the neatest Lincoln cent collections from 1909 to 1970 all displayed in an oblong sized capital plastic type holder, probably 10&quot; x 24&quot; in size. It was a really pretty display, and looked like the holder was custom made. I ended up passing on the deal (I felt it was a little too expensive), but it was a great way to display the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also received Rick Snow&#039;s last volume of his Attribution Guides just in time for the show. I&#039;ve already sold several of these very informative volumes to Indian cent collectors who have been waiting for these to be issued! </p><p><br /></p><p>Tonight after the show, the promoters had a &quot;happy hour&quot; at the hotel&#039;s courtesy lounge. It was really nice to be able to have some snacks and drinks, and just sit and get to know some of the other dealers. Frank and Dawn/CKshows (DEI), the show promoters, have once again done an excellent job advertising for and putting on this show. Most dealers agree that the venue is in a great location, right off a couple major freeways, easy to get to, plenty of room, and right next to many restaurants and hotels - it&#039;s just very convenient. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any way, would love to hear others&#039; experiences at this show, so post some of your own reports![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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