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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1248137, member: 13650&quot;]Just checked into the hotel.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Got to meet Charmy, Mike Noodle and Carlton today.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just happened to be going by her table and they were all there.&nbsp; I think some more members plan to meet there at noon tomorrow.&nbsp; I&#039;ll be there at noon again too.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, so far I&#039;ve burned through a half a tank of gas and paid $3.20 in tolls to have the privilege to get to Rosemont.&nbsp; $13 to park for one day in the convention center garage.&nbsp;&nbsp; Another $13 tomorrow.&nbsp;&nbsp; Basic lunch was $9.50 and I&#039;ve bought a couple $3.50 (small) bottles of water....... It&#039;s been a while.&nbsp; And thankfully I&#039;ve got GPS or I might still be looking for the place.&nbsp; Coming in here isn&#039;t for the faint of heart! lol&nbsp;&nbsp; But it&#039;s been worth it.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Guys, I&#039;ve got to tell you...&nbsp;&nbsp; You can&#039;t imagine how huge this show is!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I think everybody there is overwhelmed.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve probably walked a few miles today.&nbsp; &nbsp; Pretty much been disoriented the whole time.&nbsp; You get so focused on looking at the displays and cases that you don&#039;t know which way you&#039;re going most of the time.&nbsp; Opposite walls pretty much can&#039;t be seen and you lose track of where you are.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you leave something you want at a dealers table, you won&#039;t find your way back unless by pure chance, or you get the number and use the map!&nbsp; lol&nbsp;&nbsp; Found that out a couple of times already.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; It is unbelievable what is there.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;d say hundreds of thousands of silver dollars to choose from.&nbsp; Some areas have piles of gold coins.&nbsp; Case after case.&nbsp;&nbsp; The ANA&#039;s display is amazing.&nbsp; High grade coins abound.&nbsp; Got to see a 1804 dollar today, under half inch thick glass with a motion sensor behind it and a guard sitting there.&nbsp; It&#039;s in an Intercept shield plastic holder, so I&#039;d say that&#039;s good advertising for them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Several displays of early American cents and one from a private collection I had never known existed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The currency on display is also stunning.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PCGS has several of the finest issues known on display while NGC has an amazing display of some of the finest Morgans ever graded.&nbsp; I dropped off a coin to be crossed over to NGC while I was there.&nbsp; Very convenient.&nbsp; Based on the value, they only wanted $65 to grade it at the show.&nbsp; Includes the scratch resistant holder.&nbsp;&nbsp; By the time you pay $20 shipping plus standard grading fees, if you only want one coin graded you may as well do it right there.&nbsp; I can get it back tomorrow afternoon.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Sucks to be you guys waiting what was it?&nbsp; 46 days!?&nbsp; I&#039;m sorry, I couldn&#039;t help myself.&nbsp; lol)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; As I was heading for the exit, there was a little glass case next to a dealers table that blended in with everything else.&nbsp; I just happened to glance in to see what was there.&nbsp; One of the bills on the top shelf was a $10,000 bill that somebody wanted $120k for!!&nbsp; The case was full of stuff.&nbsp; &nbsp; You could walk right by and not even notice it there.&nbsp;&nbsp; Words can&#039;t describe how much is here.&nbsp; That&#039;s all I can say.&nbsp; It is an awesome sight to behold.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I just got a couple nice pieces so far that I&#039;m really happy with.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll post pics after I&#039;m home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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