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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2616878, member: 71723"]Day 3, Saturday, dawned just plain old hot and humid, with a Snowpocalypse predicted for the Carolinas and northward, followed by just plain mean cold air after it. And we were going to be driving right into it. We're tough, we know how to drive in a little snow. Yeah, sure. We didn't know what North Carolina doesn't know. We did some serious bourse shopping before a great talk on doubled dies at 11:30, where the speaker used Silly Putty to emulate the process of how regular Type II and Type IV doubled dies get formed. He handled RPM's, overdates, all kinds of wickedness that can befall the die-making process. Great talk! One more bourse stop (a gorgeous little sterling St. Bernards medal - patron saint of skiers and mountaineers) and the witching hour of 1PM approached. This time, we were on time. Bottom line: the ANA has two brand spanking new certified exhibit judges: V. Kurt Bellman in U.S. CoinsNicholas R. Bellman in World Coins / European I was tougher than the "real" judges on my exhibits, but my grades showed that Irick and Lighterman found my scores more correct than the "real" judges' were. He hoped that I'd strongly advocate for my lower scores at future judges' conferences. Anyone here think I have a problem advocating for my views? Hmmm? I didn't think so. If you doubt that, read back posts here on CT.[/QUOTE]