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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 620621, member: 16948&quot;]Well, I just returned from the show - only 45 minutes on the road, not too much traffic even for a Saturday night, yeah!&nbsp; It was a very fun show, a great venue, and one of the most roomiest set ups ever!&nbsp; It was really great to see Acanthite, Mr. Organic, Illini420, and to finally meet Stella - who I also look forward to seeing in Chicago this week too.&nbsp; And of course, I always enjoy getting together with Jack and Mark!&nbsp; We hung out after the show, had dinner (we all had a wonderfully delicious halibut with a cilantro pico de gallo topping which was so yummy and tastey!) as well as drinks on Thursday night after the show.&nbsp; Then our hotel hosted happy hour on Friday night so a lot of the dealers showed up at our bar for half price drinks and snacks.&nbsp; We ended up snagging a few of them to join our poker game in the VIP lounge at our hotel.&nbsp; We really had a great time hanging out, chatting, drinking, and passing our pennies and nickels (which we used for chips) back and forth.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now for the show, Thursday afternoon was pretty slow, but Friday picked up a bit.&nbsp; I made a few nice sales, bought several new coins, even a nice 1876 NGC PF64 RB, some really nice high end AU Lincolns (1911-S, 1912-D, 1924-D, etc.), and of course I had to buy another gorgeously toned coin - 1939 PCGS MS65 BN which is a silvery purple/blue!&nbsp; (I&#039;ll probably keep that one.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, yes, I&#039;ve never seen the Cal Franchise Tax Board show up at a coin show in all the years I&#039;ve been doing shows.&nbsp; That was quite a surprise, but I guess since our state is in so much arrears, they are getting desperate and a little heavy handed!&nbsp; It was no worries for the California dealers - but I think the out of state dealers were caught off guard.&nbsp; We all have to pay our sales tax, and California sure wants their fair share, that&#039;s for sure!</p><p><br /></p><p>Then today, Saturday picked up also, lots of foot traffic, and some good sales - which is more typical for Saturdays.&nbsp; Now, for one little story from the show.&nbsp; A gentleman stopped by my table yesterday and told me about a few nice coins he has had for a while and was thinking about submitting to PCGS.&nbsp; He ended up bringing them to show me today, one was a gorgeous 1871 probably MS65 RB Indian cent which he left with me to submit to PCGS for grading.&nbsp; It&#039;s a really pretty and flawless coin.&nbsp; Then he showed me a nice 1916-D dime, probably VF/XF, that he also wanted to submit.&nbsp; He had bought this coin from a respected dealer about 10 years ago.&nbsp; Well, me not knowing a lot about silver, could still tell that it had hairlines from an old cleaning but I wanted to verify it before he &quot;wasted&quot; his money by submitting it, so I took it to another knowledgeable dealer who took one look and said it was a fake!&nbsp; Wow, my poor customer looked like you could have pushed him over with one finger!&nbsp; So just to make sure, we took it to another even more well known and very well respected dealer who also verified that it was in deed counterfeit.&nbsp; What a BIG HUGE BUMMER for my poor customer! - Luckily, however, the coin was still in the original 2x2 cardboard flip and the dealer is still in business, so I advised him to take it back, and that any reputable dealer should refund his money - since the price was also marked on the 2x2 - even if it was 10 years ago.&nbsp; I&#039;ll find out later if the dealer does take the coin back.&nbsp; I was told that there are a couple hundred thousand MORE known counterfeit 1916-D dimes than the amount actually minted - WOW!&nbsp; Pretty harsh statistics.&nbsp; Any way, just thought I&#039;d share this, and send out a warning, if you want to buy a raw key date coin, please make sure you learn the diagnostics of the key dates in whatever series you collect!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any way, all in all, I think it was a successful show, and I&#039;m looking forward to doing it again in December.&nbsp; The only bad part for me is that I have my local monthly show TOMORROW and have to get up early, and do the whole set up/tear down thing all over again with no break!&nbsp; Oh well, the price of doing business - but at least I will get to see and chat with all my regulars![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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