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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;green18, post: 708496, member: 10103&quot;]Got up at the crack o&#039; dawn for this one.&nbsp; Anticipation was in the air.&nbsp; Real big show.&nbsp; Exciting, unlike the NY International Numismatic convention which I attended in January, this show would be devoted to my primary interest, US coins.</p><p>5:30 AM.&nbsp; Headin&#039; out.&nbsp; Son-in-law Chuck and I hit the road and, along the way, stop off the pick up Frank (Treashunt).&nbsp; Franks got a load o&#039; slabs he want the boys at Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) to take a look at.&nbsp; Today at Coin Fest you can submit up to 20 coins (free of charge) for consideration for that coveted little green sticker.</p><p>We arrive in Stamford at 7:30.&nbsp; Plenty of time to make the 8 am seminar hosted by John Albanese of CAC.&nbsp; There, at the seminar we hook up with Mike (Raider34).&nbsp; Mikes&#039; got a coin he wants the boys at CAC to consider for green sticker status.&nbsp; Myself, being mostly a &quot;modern&quot; guy have but one slabbed specimen (PCGS 1864 Large Motto 2 cent ms-63 R/B) to submit for green sticker consideration (CAC doesn&#039;t sticker moderns or bullion items).</p><p>John Albanese gave a really interesting talk on the background and merits of his company and then allowed for a question and answer session.&nbsp; The seminar ran for about an hour and afterwards we got the paperwork needed to submit the coins we had brought with us.&nbsp; The show opened at 10 am at which time we were able to drop off our submissions with the folks at CAC and then enjoy the bourse arena.</p><p>It was a fairly large show with 150 dealers offering a wide and varied product line.&nbsp; I was in the market for a &#039;21 Peace Dollar but everything that I seemed to come across was either a tad too expensive or just below my grade expectations price wise.&nbsp; Frank steered me clear of a few dogs I was tempted on.</p><p>The show itself, at least to me, didn&#039;t seem that well attended.&nbsp; I expected a larger turnout but maybe that was because we were there in the early part of the day and left by 2pm.&nbsp; Prices (MHO) were high and I walked out basically empty handed save for a few freebies.</p><p>Oh, and those little green sticker thingies?&nbsp; We all scored.&nbsp; Frank walked away with eight or nine stickered slabs and Mike and I each got our slabs &quot;greenied&quot;.&nbsp; All in all I&#039;d say we had a pretty good day.......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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