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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;National dealer, post: 17238, member: 487&quot;]It has been a week since the annual ANA convention has passed. The deals have been made, coins shipped, various articles written, and many new and interesting arrangements are underway. I want to share a few things that made this particular convention so special to this dealer.</p><p>I got to spend this years convention with a very special friend, and for the first time in more than a dozen years, I walked the bourse floor not as a dealer, but as a spectator. </p><p>Many times I could be heard uttering oohs and ahhs over various coins and pieces of currency. A new view of just how beautiful these works of art came to my attention. As I pointed out worn Educational notes, or a little Proof Indian cent to my friend, I learned to see them from a different perspective. Instead of thinking this coin would grade X, or how nice this coin would fill the hole in a certain customers collection, I got to see just how exciting a little disc of metal or piece of paper can be to a collector. </p><p>Too often for the dealer, we lose a little insight about these articles that make up our inventory. We tend to see each item as profit margins. While helping pick out a few coins to fill some holes in my friends collection, I found a new joy that isn&#039;t easy to explain. </p><p>For more than a dozen years I have been blessed with the ability to work in a profession that I love. I have made many friends along the way, and have bought and sold some of the most beautiful and rare coins. I have managed to keep a little of that little collector tucked away in my heart during these years, and my dear friend brought it out in many new and wonderful ways. </p><p>While I may never find the words to thank my friend for reminding me what the best part of this hobby can be, I thought that I would share this experience with my friends here on CoinTalk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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