... or my not-so-heroic adventures at the Texas Coin Show!

Coin Journal for the week of 04/09/2012 through 04/15/2012Been a relatively quiet week for me... I did grab a few things, but I was really wanting to save a few dollars for the Texas Coin Show this weekend. My goal was to pick up some of the lower grade Indian Head cents, Buffalo and early Jefferson nickels as well as some supplies. Here are the treasures I grabbed this week:1907 Indian Head Cent BU (I think its a MS64)1942 S Merc Dime MS65 FB2006 S Silver Colorado SHQ PF70UC1960 D Franklin Half in MS64The 07 Indian Head is for my Grandma's Memorial Mint Set, and it is the first one that I came across that I think will grade out nicely. All the others I passed on looked cleaned to me, but this one seems to be a good, honest coin. It will be heading off to NGC sometime this week.The 42D Merc was a good find... I actually woke up very early Friday morning, much earlier than usual, and sat down at the computer to shake off the night's sleep. I looked at the screen, and there was a nice looking Merc on eBay, just two minutes from ending. The bid was low, so I jumped at the chance and grabbed it. I needed it for Mom's mint set, and it was the last one to complete the dimes for that year. I'm also close to finishing the first pass on the Merc Short Set. The 06 Quarter was another great buy. I have been watching and waiting to grab a PF70 Silver Statehood to boost my 21st Century Proof Type Set to the number one slot. Usually, they go for $30+ bucks per, but I managed to get this one for a lot less... right place at the right time, and I have one more #1 Ranked registry set to my name.And now we come to the Texas Coin Show... it's a smaller show, with about 70 dealers according to the postcard I get from them. I drove the 45 minutes up to Grapevine, and handed over my $3 admission. This is the third time I've been to this one, and I have started to make some friends with dealers. I spent a few hours chatting and digging through the 'cheapie' coins for coin to fill the holes of some Whitman folder sets... very successful on that front. I also was looking for one or two graded coins that I could add to my personal sets, especially 1907 and 1942 dates, but wasn't so successful there. I saw many spectacular coins, but most of it was either gold, or bullion. The ones that weren't didn't match my wants for the day. I did manage to get one coin at a great price... the 60D Franklin. I just started my Franklin set about a month ago, and this is the 5th coin I've added to it. There are some really big shows coming up in the next couple of months, so look forward to more treasure hunting. I had totally forgotten this time, but I'll take some pics next time to share.This week's pic is the 42 Merc... it's only the second FB example I have for now.Thanks for reading, and I will see you fellow coin warriors in the trenches!To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.