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I hope you and your son have a great time.  |
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Have fun and yes, we will need to see pictures.  |
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Will be there tomorrow with my son.. Will be wearing my multi colored fluorescent LeBron basketball shoes. Just look down and you all will recognize me  |
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All right, got back from the show a little while ago. About an hour drive and I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm wiped out. All in all, a good show for me. I didn't have a huge budget this time around, but I bought some coins to trade/sell as I mentioned and was able to pick up some nice stuff. My son also had a great time and was able to pick up a couple of nice coins for his 7070 album at good prices. First up is an updated 1909S VDB Lincoln Cent. I purchased one at least year's show for around $900 in AU55, but really wasn't happy with the way it looked. I traded up for an MS64 RB example for an extra $1300:     Next up is an upgrade to my Coronet Half Cent that I got for $375 as a dealer-graded MS63. My old one was harshly cleaned at some point, but this one still appears to have original surfaces [I bought it raw since it is going right in my album]:   The last coin I bought was a total impulse buy. I don't have any pre-1800 copper and I couldn't resist picking up this 1795 Liberty Cap Large Cent for around $575:   Finally, for you currency collectors out there, I picked up this decent-looking Series 1914 Twenty Dollar Federal Reserve Note with a red seal (much rarer than the blue seal variety) for $850:   In other news, I managed to sell my old PR62 Morgan dollar for a slight loss from what I paid two years ago. I'm not too unhappy with that, since I really wasn't thrilled with it's eye appeal. A number of dealers felt it had been dipped at some point, which hurt the mirrors, while others thought it was a problem-free coin. I paid $1900 for it and I sold it for $1700 (after getting offers as low as $1300-1400 for it). Sadly, the dealer paid by check, so I couldn't put the money toward any other coins... |
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Nice pickups. |
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Pillar of the Community
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 especially that 09 S VDB  |
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especially that 09 S VDB Yeah, I wish my dad had lived long enough for me to show it to him. As far as he was concerned, that was the rarest, best possible coin you could ever own and he often talked about getting one someday. I showed him the AU-55 example I bought last year just weeks before he passed away, but I think this one would have really blown his socks off. In other words, I'm glad you like it! |
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I hope my budget gets that way someday. Nice coins.
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I wish I had a better camera. They have really good eye appeal that doesn't show in my lousy pictures. I was looking for a 1928 MS64, found a couple of stunning coins but the dealers wanted full retail for them. Not what you want o pay at a coin show.
Overall, I found it a very enjoyable, if not somewhat crowded, show. I only live 15 min. away so I bought a 2 day pass.
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nice work both of you!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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I forgot one more coin I bought on my way out the door. A guy had a box of junk silver Morgan dollars for $22 a piece and I couldn't resist liberating this one to be my new pocket piece:   I think somebody used some Turtle Wax on it, and it's now so shiny it can probably be seen from space... |
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Well, 2nd day at the Bay State coin show was fun. I slept late and didn't get there until about 1:30, so everything was pretty much picked over. Picked up a couple of additions to my son's NCG MS69 Brown Label ASE collection. Picked up 2016 dates for my on going ASE, Panda, and Philharmonic Danscos. Replaced the 2013 and 2014 ASE's I pulled out of my ASE Dansco last year and gave to my nephew for his birthday, because he "really really liked them" And finally on the way out I saw this and couldn't resist for $25.   |
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I made it there for an hour or 2 earlier today. Really enjoyed it, but was expecting it to be bigger. This was my first show ever, so went in intimidated. Everyone seemed nice from dealers to collectors of all age. My best buy was right when I walked in I saw an old edition dansco 7070 in excellent shape for $7. I probably shouldn't have done it, but a dealer a few tables over made me an offer immediately as I walked away after buying. The quick flip helped fund my 1921 d Mercury dime... only hole left is the 16-d!! I figured with how quick I found and bought/flipped the 7070 that there would be more to be found, but that was only one I saw. In no way was I forced or intimidated to sell it, he basically told me how to maximize selling on ebay and then I asked what he'd offer. I'm looking forward to next years show |
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