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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2967146, member: 71642&quot;]Some fun newps out of NYINC.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been saving my coin funds for awhile for the show and it was a relief to get to spend it.</p><p><br /></p><p>A non-exhaustive sampling:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727323[/ATTACH] </p><p>An 1870/M3 20 sen (shallow scale variety).&nbsp; MUCH nicer than my previous example.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727325[/ATTACH] </p><p>A very debased Ansei era chogin (1859~1865).&nbsp; IIRC &lt;20% silver at this point.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727331[/ATTACH] </p><p>I&#039;ve been wanting one of these for awhile.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a collector of Italy (well a few type pieces) or Italian States, or Napoleon but this one has always appealed to me.&nbsp; Give the female allegory in front a bit of wear and she looks quite pregnant.&nbsp; No wear, not as much.&nbsp; Too much wear, hard to see.&nbsp; This was just the look I&#039;d be wanting and found it reasonably priced to boot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought things ranging from a $5 cash coin, a modern 500 yen commemorative (also $5 and sitting in the case of guy specializing in Ireland), one ancient, a few more Japanese (including another chogin, a 5 sen variety, a 10 sen date I didn&#039;t have at a reasonable price), plus one nice budget buster Albanian which meant leaving another interesting ancient and a nice 1 yen on the table.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, did NOT purchase the Yap stone.&nbsp; It was totally cool and they let me touch it at the auction preview <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; The auction previews were a great chance to see and hold some nice coins!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A great show readily accessible by train.&nbsp; Great cheesecake and bagels.&nbsp; A great opportunity to pick the brains of a few dealers on some issues.&nbsp; And, best of all, a great chance to meet fellow collectors and internet friends.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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