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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3956881, member: 74282&quot;]I consider myself extremely lucky to have met all the people I&#039;ve met along the way as I&#039;ve collected coins. There aren&#039;t that many collectors near me, but I&#039;ve managed to meet 4 collectors and 3 small time dealers in about an hour radius so far. I was extremely excited when I realized that [USER=89970]@Fugio1[/USER] lives nearby since our collecting interests are aligned. I&#039;d been using his reference website and reading his papers for years, so it was nice to finally meet him in person. He always provides excellent coins and conversation when we meet up, and his small collection of non-RR coins has&nbsp; tempted me to stray from my specialty just a little. I&#039;ve also traveled to NYINC once and plan to go again in January, primarily to meet up with other collectors, and I hope to see some of you there. If you&#039;ve considered going to such a show and are on the fence about it, I strongly recommend it if you can swing the costs. Most of the coins are the usual retail prices, so don&#039;t expect to fine great deals, but it&#039;s a great way to meet collectors and dealers face to face and being able to see and handle hundreds of coins in a single day is a pretty magical experience in its own right.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as noncollectors I&#039;ve actually met a handful of people really interested in history who enjoy seeing my coins. I&#039;ve actually met most of these people through work. Engineers seem to be one of the most represented professions in our fraternity, and I&#039;ve often found that engineers interested in history are very excited to actually see and handle a few coins and occasionally go on to buy a few coins for themselves after seeing mine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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