YOU are Invited: The First Official CoinTalk Meet and Greet at FUN 2020

PF....that's me shaking Tom's hand !!!

 

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Just finished the Ngc grading competition. Not going to lie, that was really hard! There was a wide and varied group of coins, and I'm not used to the time pressure!

 

The gang showed up for the meet and greet!

 

Left to right CoinTalk user names, please! I recognize a few of the faces from previous posts but would be nice to have here for history.

 

@TypeCoin971793 , @ldhair , @johnmilton , @halfcent1793 , @GoldFinger1969 , @Publius2 . Not pictured because I was taking the picture: @physics-fan3.14

 

Totally just watched Abraham Lincoln help Benjamin Franklin onto the escalator.

 

It was fun meeting with you guys. Thanks Jason for putting this together.

For those of you that are at the show tomorrow. If you collect Flying Eagle or Indian Head Cents, we have a club meeting at 1:30 in room 303B. All are welcome to join.

 

The John Reich Collector Society is always a good time. Cool people, cool coins, and a cool discussion. Talking about the chemical composition of the earliest US copper and silver coins. Very interesting!

 

Next up, a bit of a talk on Bust Halves!

 

FUN UPDATE: Wow...a bit overwhelmed the 1st day....before the show started I thought attending all 4 days was overkill. Now, I'm gonna need at least 3 of them. I'd say I hit maybe 1/2 the tables yesterday, maybe less. I kind of scattershot aisles and jumped around, plus attended some auctions and the CT Meet & Greet.

My major 1st Day impressions as a 1st-timer:

• Everyone cordial, dealers very friendly.
• One dealer confirmed Doug's mantra that most of the business done here is dealer to dealer. Saw a few dealers buying a few thou in stuff from another dealer early Thurs morning.
• Disappointed there weren't more high quality Saints in common and semi-scarce. Too many 62s and 63s...not enough 65s and 66s.
• Disappointed not more 1923-Ds overall and in quality. One guy said he had a 65 but sold it to another dealer. Darn, Doug was right again !! Maybe I'll find that dealer and he won't gouge me on the resale.
• Not much certified bullion commemoratives.
• Thai place mear my hotel is excellent.
• Great seeing fellow CTers.

I'll be more methodically going up and down each aisle today. Should help me find some stuff that has eluded me so far.

 

Great to meet you yesterday, @GoldFinger1969 . Hope you find your Saint!

 

If I-4 was that bad for you, then I strongly urge you to avoid......
> The "Embassy Row" in Washington, DC when it is snowing, or....
> The I-95 through New Jersey in a rainstorm, or....
> The cabs in NYC unless you like to play dodgeball.
~ Chris

 

This might be enough to get that coin I want!

 

Just 2.4mil? Naw, hold out for something better....

 

$2.4 Million? Did you notice that the back of every note is stamped "SPECIMEN".
~ Chris

 

Yep

 

Well, I am bankrupt, so let's go to another seminar!