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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2700032, member: 46237&quot;]This ended up being a better than average show for me. I sold all the slabbed material I brought to sell, and most of the raw material, and I found a few nice additions for my collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up an 1848B 10 Krajczar Hungarian Kingdom coin in an NGC MS63 slab as part of a trade. I&#039;ve only been collecting the War of Independence issues from that year, but the coin was nearly PL with good eye appeal so I made an exception.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also picked up 3 AU bust quarters for my Browning variety set. The first two I bought from David Kahn on Friday; an 1831 B-1 Small Letters (with berries) in a PCGS AU53 slab, and an 1831 B-3 Small Letters also PCGS AU53. The B-1 is an R3 and the most significant small letters variety. The coin has great eye appeal, is a solid 53, and has toning that matches the 1837 B-1 I bought from him last year. The B-3 is on the lower end for a 53 with neutral eye appeal, but as the variety is an R5 with a condition rarity above XF40, I figured it might be years before I saw another in that grade. I submitted both coins to cross to NGC while I was at the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Saturday I picked up an 1834 B-4 from The Reeded Edge. The coin is a common variety (R1), but it was in my favorite grade for this series (AU55), a late die state, and had lovely gold and silver toning with hints of purple and orange. That one is also in a PCGS slab, but the grade was solid. The obverse is above average for a 55, and the reverse was a 58 with only light luster breaks on the eagle&#039;s head and upper wings and no real wear on the wings or claws. I will cross this to NGC for my registry set at the next show, as they were already closed by the time I picked this up.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a typical year I only find maybe 2-3 bust quarters that meet my requirements for grade, eye appeal, and die state at a reasonable price, so finding 3 in one show is quite astounding. Normally even at Whitman I&#039;m used to seeing only a few, but I must&#039;ve seen about a dozen on the bourse this time. Most were either varieties I already had or they didn&#039;t have an eye appeal/rarity combination that I found acceptable, but that there were that many at the show was quite notable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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