There was more to my Friday at the Baltimore show...

As I wrote last time, I intended to go to the LSCC and EAC meetings at the Baltimore show. The LSCC was at 9 Friday morning, and the EAC will be this afternoon at 1.

The LSCC meeting was pretty standard, with club news and a presentation. With the long-time president of the club and editor of the club journal stepping down this year, we're in transition. One of the changes is that the Gobrecht Journal will start having color. A sample was passed around.

The presentation was about various coin and medal dies that are in private hands. The back story: About ten years ago, a dealer bought a CC seated half dollar reverse die at auction (for nearly $19,000), and promptly sold it to David Sundman of Littleton Coin Co. Mr. Sundman recently sought out club member and seated half expert Bill Bugert to see if the die could be identified with a particular date and variety. It turns out that it is the first reverse die used to produce CC seated half dollars! Mr. Sundman had the die (in a nicely prepared, informative display) there for us to look at, and later at the Littleton table.

A week or so ago, our CS friend RichH contacted me, saying he would be at the meeting, and gave me what proved to be a good description of himself. When the meeting was over, I spotted him and introduced myself when he finished speaking with someone else. We had a nice chat. It's good to be able to put a face - and a voice - with a name. I'm looking forward to talk with him more in the future. After all, there's more to our hobby than just the coins. And it's refreshing to talk with someone who has a passion for what we do. (Many other LSCC and EAC members are happy to chat and share knowledge too. If you have any interest in those specialties, I encourage you to join those clubs!)

I did a little more experimentation with the iPhone and clip-on magnifier last night. Here's a shot of the 1861/0 half dime about which I wrote not too long ago. Not bad for a smart phone camera... Enjoy...

Alan

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