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My First Coin Show

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 Posted 10/10/2008  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dave2095 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Coin shows are always fun just take a good list of the items your looking for.
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 Posted 10/11/2008  01:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Texas collector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
No kidding about the list.
Come to find out, the show didn't open until 2pm today, so I had to kill some time, and then I had to be at work by 3. Even though I wasn't there too long, I got to look at a lot of stuff. Actually, there were only about twenty "vendors" set up anyways, so I got a quick look at everyone's setup.
I need to go back on Sunday, since I work Saturday, and take a list.

I did stop at one guy's table, right in front, and asked to look at a really cool cent. It was dated in the 70s, I think 72, but it had been struck three times, all in different places and different directions. It really stood out and I liked it. However, there was a reason the price wasn't marked: $350!
He also had a 1974 D Kennedy DDO, which I have one of, which was priced $90, and had a sign that stated the Red Book value to be $150. I'm pretty sure I see a decimal in my Red Book, marking it down to $1.50. So which is the right price? I'm assuming $1.50.

In other news, two Mercury dimes were found at work yesterday, none by me, but I did find a 1945 D War Nickel today, the second one I've pulled from the register.

Thanks for the support everyone.
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He also had a 1974 D Kennedy DDO, which I have one of, which was priced $90, and had a sign that stated the Red Book value to be $150. I'm pretty sure I see a decimal in my Red Book, marking it down to $1.50. So which is the right price? I'm assuming $1.50.
My 2007 Red Book lists the 1974D as $1.50 and the 1974D DDO (Doubled Die Obverse) as $150.00.
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 Posted 10/11/2008  11:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Texas collector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, I hope so. My 2008 Red Book definitely lists the 74D and 74D DDO, both, at $1.50. Could this be a typo? This error is not listed in my old '99 Blackbook at all.
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 Posted 10/12/2008  3:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think it is a typo. It would not be the first time a typo was found in the Red Book!
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 Posted 10/12/2008  10:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Texas collector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I did a little web searching, and sure enough it is supposed to be $150.
Also, today at the coin show, I asked a man what he thought the grade was on the 1909 VDB cent I found. I thought it was EF, but he said MS-60 to MS-63.
Wow, what a great day.

I didn't really get to do a lot at this coin show. For one thing, it was much, much smaller than I expected. Also, I was a bit unprepared and wasn't looking for anything in particular. Plus, by the time I got there today, 2pm, many of the vendors were already packing up.(they were supposed to be there until 5pm)
I think the next show I go to will be much more beneficial.
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 Posted 10/13/2008  10:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I think the next show I go to will be much more beneficial.


The first time of any adventure seldom goes as expected. Remember what you learned this time and you will be pleased at the next show!

I almost forgot, great news on your 1909 VDB!
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Sorry, no camera yet.
To describe it a little, the obv. is about the same shade, I guess it would be red-brown, and the rev. has a pattern of shiny red with the rest r/b. The wheat lines are just about perfect, no chips, dings or scratches. The only flaw whatsoever is two tiny black spots, one on the last T in "Trust" and the other about 1/8'' to the right of that, close to the rim.
Not bad, considering someone paid me with it at Wal-mart.

I'm almost through picking out the copper from my dad's coin cookie tin, so far lots of copper and a 1945 wheatie. I'm checking the rest of the cents for errors. I'd check all of the coins, but I don't know of many errors for the other denominations.

Thanks again, I'm looking forward to the next show already.
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