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...same way all hobbies roll, not necessary a bad thing nor a good thing...not all discoveries need to or have to be shared for various reasons...individual hasnt finished looking for unreported varieties, maybe just likes his/her privacy, perhaps working on their own project, maybe just doesnt like the other person for good reason...not all knowledge has to be shared...i know some of the research i have assembled n unpublished  will be very selectively shared n only when im ready to do so...the hobby can be social but doesnt have to be socialistic....

...one has to acknowledge even doggie doo-doo on ones shoe lest one soil everything one treads upon even if its more doo-doo...sometimes one just buys a new pair of shoes....

...no, there is a place for chit-chat n feel good stories...that doesnt mean one needs to tell all they know, however....

...as always, Charmy is top shelf....

...as always, Charmy is top shelf....

...its simple...folks just dont need to know everything there is to know bout the availability or sources of coins...numismatics is not a community help program....

Ok

This was my best Central States show ever! And many dealers with whom I spoke agreed that this particular show was one of their best CSNS shows as well. Cindy Wibker and the CSNS folks really did outdo themselves in putting on this show - from Dealer Day through Saturday! Also, as you will see, the hotel bar is a very popular meeting spot for dealers and collectors alike. I took a lot of photos of the various folks who were there each night, so be sure to check out all the pics to see if I captured any of you in my photos!
I left beautiful OC early on Tuesday very much looking forward to setting up at this show, seeing my friends, and enjoying my stay at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel.


I had a problem free, easy flight, and arrived in sunny Chicago that afternoon




I arrived at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel in the afternoon and settled into my room



Then I headed down to the bar for a nice glass of wine and a bite to eat

In addition to buying a selling, one of the most fun parts about attending the CSNS show at the Renaissance Hotel is that most of the dealers and many collectors like to gather at the hotel bar each evening after the show. It's a great place to see old friends and make new ones in the coin industry. It didn't take long for some of my dealer friends to begin showing up, including one of my favorite dealer friends, Dino Koromvokis!

Mitch Ernst (CSNS President), Chris Seuntjens (Crystal Clear Showcases) and Chris' friend were also enjoying a beverage (with a photobomb by Mitch's son Sam in the background!). Chris was very kind in sending over a glass of wine to me, so I ended up joining them at their table. We ended up talking about Chris's Crystal Clear showcases and I mentioned that I might be in the market to replace my heavy solid oak cases that I take to local shows with some lighter weight cases. So Chris generously offered to let me use his showcases throughout this show to see if they would fit my needs.

Wednesday was Dealer Day for which I signed up so I could get in early, set up my booth, and go "shopping" in a more casual, less crowded atmosphere. Here's my booth all set up with the new Crystal Clear showcases.





These are the coins I bought throughout the show, including a beautiful Pop 2 1955/55 Doubled Die in PCGS AU58+ CAC!


Some of The Penny Lady swag and the two bottles of wine I brought for the show - a Washington Chateau St. Michelle 2016 cab and my favorite Rombauer Zinfandel

Some CSNS "swag" they were giving out at the show

I also took a few photos around the bourse during Dealer Day
CNG Table with Billie (Greysheet) and Lori (Whitman)

Joanne (PCGS), Sam Ernst (CSNS Board Member) and Barbara Gregory (CSNS Centinel editor)

Another one of my favorite dealer friends, Brian Alty (Northeast Numismatics)

Curtis Mease (PCGS)

At 5pm, the rest of the table holders came in for set up


After the show that evening, the PNG and the Grey Sheet hosted a dealer event at the hotel bar so we stopped by before heading out to dinner

Ran into the beautiful NGC gals

We went over to Chicago Prime Italian for dinner



We had a delicious Napa Duckhorn cab with our dinner

Then it was back to the hotel bar for some more drinks and fun!





Thursday there was quite a crowd who streamed in when the show opened and soon the bourse floor had a strong buzz with all the business being conducted!

Here are some pics of the bourse floor throughout the day








Here are some cool things I found in various dealer cases throughout the show
Super rare early 1600's massive silver "cincuentin" coins in Bob and Carol Campbell's case


Lovely Carol Campbell helping out at their table

Some huge gold nuggets also in Bob's case

Very rare Indian cent coin "album" made in the early 1900's out of lamb skin with tiny pouches for each coin, including a "counterstamped" 1856 Flying Eagle


Rare Comic Book buttons at Justin Waddell's table





A complete set of "Beauties of the Cinema" cards from 1939 at Rick Snow's table

This very cool and extremely rare 1870 Die Trial Indian cent (this is 1 of only 2 known) made out of aluminum from of my personal collection that I sold to Rick Snow


A similar but less rare 1868 aluminum Die Trial Indian cent

Another rare piece - a beautiful 1869-S Doubled Die Obverse in PCGS MS64+ Red - only 1 finer (also in Rick's case)


A very cool multiple error $1 (double struck, broad struck and off center) found in James Sego's case

Some beautiful coins from the upcoming ANA auction on display at the Heritage table

GreatCollections folks

I ran into Ben Franklin

Chris Seuntjens (Crystal Clear Showcases)

The busy folks at PCGS

The equally busy folks at NGC

Curt Mease (PCGS) and Greg Allen hanging out at my table

Forum member Kendrick/KLIAO stopped by to say hi

That night a large group of my foreign coin dealer friends (including folks from Sedwick Coins who specialize in Colonial and shipwreck coins) went to Chicago Prime steakhouse and had a great time! The wine was delicious, the food was fantastic, and the company was wonderful!









This is my type of happy place - the wine room at the restaurant!

Then of course it was back to the hotel bar for more socializing....







Friday was another very busy day at the show. A dealer friend brought by this really pretty heart-shaped Indian cent Love Token for my personal exonumia collection


My dear friend Linda Hagopian (Larry Sekulich's wife) stopped by with a wonderful bottle of wine which we shared


Another friend Alan Flint (who is actually the brother of a friend I worked with for 17 years when I was a paralegal in Newport Beach) stopped by to say hi

A long time coin friend Mike "Noodle" Nottlemann also brought a nice bottle of wine to share!


With all that wine (and my tunes playing on my little Bose boombox and a box of Cheez-Its), we had quite the party at my table late Friday afternoon!
After the show, a group of us just went over to the hotel restaurant for dinner - they have some very good dishes.

Then back to the hotel bar for one last hurrah!
Justin Waddell, me and James Sego

More coin folks!



Joe Paonessa was making coins using a handpress and Rick Snow took a video of Joe in action and sent it to me. I couldn't figure out how to upload a video so I took some screenshots.




Soon it was time to pack up and head to the airport. As much as I look forward to attending these shows, by the end of the week, I look just as forward to getting back home. As I said it was a great show, very busy, lots of fun and very successful. The only tiny glitch for me was that they made a typo in the show program for my table number, and a few folks who finally found my table told me they had a hard time finding me since the wrong number was printed by my company name. That is a frustrating mistake for us dealers, but the show folks did what they could to make it right and asked the people at the "wrong" table to redirect people back to my table, so it worked out just fine.
As we were waiting for our car to take us to the airport, right outside the convention room was this beautiful duck sitting on one of the cement flower planters. She was nesting on half a dozen eggs!


We made it to the airport, no problems and no delays with an easy straight flight home. Bye Chicago - just until August when I come back for the ANA in Rosemont!


Of course, penny was home waiting as usual!

Next up - the Long Beach show in June, followed by my local Buena Park show.
p.s.
Sunday was Cinco de Mayo - and the 33rd anniversary of my engagement to my hubby Lou, so of course we had to celebrate in style with some great Mexican food and margaritas!

Charmy HarkerThe Penny Lady®

As usual, the author has provided a nice photo essay about a convention I'm not able to attend.  The photos don't automatically appear on my computer screen. I had to click the first photo in each group to load them and advance through them one by one.
   I would like to note that the "beautiful duck" isn't a duck. It's a Canada goose.

Powermad5000, my show report thread is NOT the place to air your grievances about dealers, coins, prices, etc. I respectfully ask you to please start your OWN thread if you wish to discuss these issues any further. Thank you.

...same way all hobbies roll, not necessary a bad thing nor a good thing...not all discoveries need to or have to be shared for various reasons...individual hasnt finished looking for unreported varieties, maybe just likes his/her privacy, perhaps working on their own project, maybe just doesnt like the other person for good reason...not all knowledge has to be shared...i know some of the research i have assembled n unpublished  will be very selectively shared n only when im ready to do so...the hobby can be social but doesnt have to be socialistic....

...same way all hobbies roll, not necessary a bad thing nor a good thing...not all discoveries need to or have to be shared for various reasons...individual hasnt finished looking for unreported varieties, maybe just likes his/her privacy, perhaps working on their own project, maybe just doesnt like the other person for good reason...not all knowledge has to be shared...i know some of the research i have assembled n unpublished  will be very selectively shared n only when im ready to do so...the hobby can be social but doesnt have to be socialistic....

Aaaaaaaaaaaaa-men!!!!

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Area Token Collectors Organization (PATCO). My daughter has a laser engraver, so we bought some balsa wood at a craft store and created a mock-up of the old flat wooden nickels from the 1940's.

Q.A.:  I understand you've been doing some research on Queen Elizabeth II, a number of coins for whom have been minted in her honor over the years. Have you come across any little-known facts collectors of those coins would find to be of interest?
🐓  :  Yes:  She was the only person in Britain who could drive without a license, or license plate, and she never had to take a driving test.
Q.A.:  How did you manage to find these facts?
🐓  :  The automobile she  owned and drove, a 2001 Daimler Majestic, came up for auction last month at Bonhams.  They estimated it would fetch up to $75,000.  I am unaware of the gavel price but 50 bids were placed, the highest being $59,000. (It had logged 16,200 miles.)
Q.A.:  Thank you for broadening the body of knowledge of the collector community who holds you in high regard.  In the event @Sandon comes across this, and for the record, would you mind citing your sources?
🐓  :  Not at all,  "Bids on a sports car fit for the Queen,"  New York Post, Sun., April 28, 2024, p. 7.
Q.A.:  Thank you. I am much obliged.
(Posted at the discretion of zmoderation.)

...ill give u 5 morgans for ur half eagle....

Multi-coin holders are "only available for select bulk submissions of certain coin types" upon confirmation with NGC Customer Service. See NGC Coin Holders | Holders for Coin Protection | NGC.  The submission form allows the selection of "oversize", "thick", or "mega" holders but not "multi-coin" holders.

...im not sure that ngc even does the multiple coin holders any more...my poor memory tells me that they discontinued this service some years ago....

Somebody get me REWRITE!  NO EDITORIALIZING!  THE BBC IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF CHARACTERIZING THE CONTENT OF ITS PRESENTATIONS:  THIS IS AN INTERESTING ARTICLE ABOUT INDIAN GOLD REFINERS.  Period.  Keep it up Roger, and you'll never get to work for The New York Times (without a chaperone!)  

Thanks. I went into the book sale room specifically looking for books on shillings. The Lange provenance was an added bonus, a HUGE one.

...must be infestation of fleas....

...couple of mint state roosters recently sold (bid) at heritage below melt...what can i say?....