sometimes some very nice coins can be found..

I just got back from a small coin show{around 30 tables} in Ocean City Maryland. What a great chance to get away, alone with my wife, for a few days to the beach. Although the weather was a bit wet for the first half of our trip, it was a great relaxing time together and I went to the coin show at the convention center for a couple of hours while she looked for end of summer bargains at the clothes stores.I found most items being sold at above trends prices, although most of the grading appeared accurate.Several vendors even had copies of the ANA grading guide right on their tables in case you wanted to check something.I only made a few small purchases..nobody had either of the 2 "main" coins I was looking for and some of the "upgrade" coins I saw could be found on the internet for cheaper. Anyhow, I did upgrade 2 coins in my Buffalo nickel circulated album..replacing an ugly 1915 and a 1931-S that had a pinscratch with 2 nice AU50's. I also bought 1 coin that I found was selling for less than half it's value-a 1917-S Obverse walker in VF30, which I will list this week on ebay...and a Canadian Silver Dollar from 1973 that just grabbed my eye and kept pulling me back until I bought it. Anyhow, not much in the way of purchases or finds...but what a great hobby, to get the chance for a weekend getaway-recharge the batteries,keep my relationship with my wife fun and fresh,and spend a little time with some wonderful people at the show with my love of numismatics......now we need an ANA convention in Nassau, Bahamas for January....aaahhhhh

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