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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 415359, member: 12718&quot;]I attended the St. Louis show yesterday with a coin club buddy of mine. I would say that there were about 120 dealers there and, at least for Saturday, very light attendance. I know this may not be good for the dealers, but I like not to have to battle to see what&#039;s offered.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I had two objectives - find a nice 1959 Proof Cameo Franklin and say hello to fellow CoinTalk member AdamL. It was a great pleasure to meet Adam and show each other our purchases and to talk about what a great time we&#039;ve had being CT members. We both hope we can get more CT members to meet up at a show there in the future.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regarding my 1959 Proof Cameo Franklin search, I did not find one at a dealer table. This was consistent with my friend&#039;s experience at the Baltimore ANA show. Guess this must be a tough date for Cameos. Amazingly, at one of the dealers where I inquired, he told me there was an older gentlemen named Wes wandering the floor with some halves and had 4 Cameos in the date I wanted!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So how to find this guy? I couldn&#039;t just walk up to people like some deranged coin fanatic (well, that does describe me actually)! As I continued to roam the bourse, I overheard a guy talking about wanting to sell some of his cameos to a dealer. Needless to say, with apologies to the dealer (he didn&#039;t mind), I jumped in asking if he had any 59&#039; cameo Frankies. He showed me all four and I had to go for the best of the bunch (NGC Cameo PR66* - Yeehaw):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1959%20Cameo%20Franklin/1959PR66StarCameoObverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The line in the above and front of Ben&#039;s face is on the plastic not the coin (sorry, my pictures are not the best....kind of yellowish due to the lighting and my pics don&#039;t capture the crisp silver frostyness of the actual coin).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1959%20Cameo%20Franklin/1959PR66StarCameoReverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, I had a little cash left over from my budget and kept circling the floor like a hungry vulture. Stopped by and mooned over a 1868 blue frosty BN proof IHC at Aspen Park Rare Coins (way over my head, but drooled nonetheless). Evan Gale is a nice guy! Then as I reached the last row after my fourth or fifth pass, I saw a Conder Token that caught my eye and the lion told me he needed a home (my first Conder):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1795%20Pidcock%20Conder%20Token/PidcockConderTokenObverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1795%20Pidcock%20Conder%20Token/PidcockConderTokenReverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a 1795 Half Penny Middlesex (England) DH414 Pidcocks &quot;Exibition&quot; (note mispelling, no &quot;h&quot;). Pidcock&#039;s show was one of several popular travelling menageries or wild beast shows that drove through towns.&nbsp; Since people didn&#039;t travel much then, this was a source of entertainment. Pidcock was one that owned exotic animals and this token advertised his show while also serving as small change in circulation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, in summary, I had a great time, met a CT buddy, found my birth year Franklin, and obtained my first Conder Token! This is why I love the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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