UPDATED: Charmy's SAN JOSE Coin Show Report with PICS (of course)!

[The Penny Lady]

I know, you're probably getting tired of my show reports (which usually have more fluff than substance!) but I have been asked to provide a report on this show, so here goes....

 

We arrived yesterday evening after an uneventful (yet CHP riddled - I think they're trying to drum up extra revenue for our poor bankrupt state!) drive up the 5, and set up was at a very weird time - 7pm-10pm (due to hotel conflicts). Chatted with Wei for a while, had a glass of wine, then luckily, I found out that my particular table section was prepared and ready to go a little early so we were able get in and set up around 6pm. We made quick work of it, then went to dinner with several people at the wonderful Spencer's Steakhouse right here in the hotel. Then it was off bed (no, no partying yet)!

 

Today was quite busy right from the start, and here it is about 4:30 pm. and the room is still a buzz. I bought a few nice coins today (1909-S vdb PCGS AU58, 1909-S Indian PCGS XF45, 1931-S PCGS MS65 RED rattler, 1915-D PCGS MS64 RB, 1925-D PCGS MS64 RB, 1936 NGC PF66 RED, etc.). Todd is stopping by tomorrow I think and I plan to give him several coins to take home and photograph for me. I sold quite a few coins as well. Good thing, since I also spotted a beautiful bracelet that goes really well with a ring I bought here last year - but we'll see!

 

To give you a feel for this show and its surroundings, here are some photos of the hotel, restaurant, and inside the show. As you can see, the hotel is quite nice and spacious, and the show room is also really nice, fully carpeted, and everything was set up nicely. Ray Johnson and his crew do a GREAT job putting this show together, that's for sure!

 

 

The outside entrance to the convention room

 

 

 

This is the lobby in front of the show where the supplies and exhibits are

 

 

 

Entrance to the show

 

 

 

My table

 

 

 

My cute little boy!

 

 

 

The bourse

 

 

 

The wonderful Spencer's Steakhouse

 

 

 

The hotel bar

 

 

 

The hotel coffee shop where we had breakfast

 

 

So tonight is back to Spencer's where several of us are bringing a good bottle of wine so we can do some tasting during dinner, then it's off to the Bay 101 casino for me. Erik is saving his money since he's moving to Italy in a couple months to teach English for a year.

 

So, more tomorrow!

[Coindude]

Thanks for the report Charmy, looking forward to the rest of the report.... aka the partying... an food!!

[physics-fan3.14]

Charmy, I always love show reports. Yours are usually quite fun!

[cpm9ball]

You can count me as one of the people who will never tire of your reports and photos, Charmy. Believe it or not, there are some of us who aren't fortunate enough to be able to "tool around the country" to all of the shows, and the (non-numismatic) photos are a great addition. Let's be honest, if you've seen one bourse, you've seen them all!

 

Chris

 

PS. I'll be sending you a PM shortly, and I hope you read it before you get to the casino.

[James_OldeTowne]

I know, you're probably getting tired of my show reports

Never! Fantastic show report, as I always appreciate the ones that make me feel like I was there!

[ldhair]

Post like these are really cool. It gets folks wanting to get out and make the shows. Start talking casino and I'm wishing I was there.

[The Penny Lady]

As I mentioned, yesterday was very busy with lots of people in the room, I did quite a bit of buying and selling. Then last night we had reservations at Spencer's Steakhouse in the hotel for dinner, there were 9 of us and we brought 6 bottles of really good wine to taste and share. However, the restaurant wanted to charge us a $25 per bottle corkage fee. Since we had so many bottles, we expected that they would reduce it to $15 like they did last year, but this manager refused, so we ended up leaving and just having dinner at the cafe. Even at the cafe, the food was pretty good. Soon, the higher-up manager came over and talked to us about why we left, and after some negotiating, he agreed to reduce the corkage fee if we would return to Spencer's the next night (tonight) which we agreed to. So we'll see how it goes tonight.

 

Then I was off to the casino! I was excited to go play cards since Bay 101 is a really nice casino with lots of action. I was playing 6/12 limit but wasn't getting very good cards for the first couple hours so I switched tables. Then I started getting good cards, was making straights and flushes, but what's even worse than getting bard cards is getting good cards and coming in second! I was being beat by full houses back to back! When I finally got a full house and thought I for sure couldn't lose that hand, and got beat AGAIN by a bigger full house, I knew it was time to leave, and I did!

 

Today once again has been quite busy, even more people here than yesterday. I bought some more collector grade coins, 1909-S Indian and Lincoln cents, and even got a nice 1873 closed 3 S-2 (double Liberty) MS64 Red.

 

Saw a couple forum members, and took some more photos around the show.

 

This is the kids' table outside the front door in the lobby area of the show....

 

 

 

This is Scott Western and his wife also set up in the lobby - he's our wonderful coin supply guy and hauls a ton of stuff to all these shows!

 

 

 

These are my San Jose party animal coin dealer friends! ! I very much enjoy spending time with Jerry and Linda Carsman and Sara Wargo (behind them) - Jerry has taught me most of what I know about good wines. He has an amazing wine selection.

 

 

 

This is Sarah's other half - Joe Wargo - he is a big wheeler/dealer and will buy and sell just about anything - he's very savvy, and a very hard worker!

 

 

 

And here is the McIntosh clan in their Saturday "uniforms" hard at work (or as Todd would probably say, hardly working!)....

 

 

 

And this is fellow forumite Stealer - he's such a very nice polite young man and very and serious about coins!

 

 

Also, Gene Bruder's table is directly across from my table.

 

 

Last but not least is our own sweet big ol teddy bear Larry Shapiro!

 

 

 

[Schatzy]

Thanks for the wonderful report!!

[123cents]

Great report and I love all those great photos!

[ldhair]

Great report Charmy. Try Let It Ride with the three card bet some day. You might get hooked on the game. It's a lot of fun for a group to sit and party.

[Old Pueblo]

The Coin Adventurer!

 

You have more fun than most I think

 

Thanks for Sharing your travels

 

 

OP

[jesbroken]

Thanks, Charmy, for the great report, as usual. As previously stated, Many of us would not know anything about these coin shows, if not for your sharing with us.

Again, thank you,

Jim

[cpm9ball]

Don't you just hate "bad beat's"! I think it was a year or two ago at the WSOP Main Event that one player had 4 aces and lost to a royal.

 

Chris

[The Penny Lady]

I have played Let It Ride and I liked it, but I do enjoy playing poker more!

 

So here's my last update! As I mentioned, the show was quite busy yesterday. We finally left at 6pm and went to Spencer's for dinner. We were not disappointed! They have wonderful food, that's for sure, and boy did the wine flow! I meant to take a picture of our table but forgot - good thing, cause if you saw what the table looked like with all those bottles of wine, you'd think we were a bunch of alkies!

 

We all had quite a bit of such yummy wine that all I could do was head up to my room where I quickly succumbed to my very soft bed and cushy pillow, so it was no casino-ing for me last night!

 

This morning, I went over and held the big gold nugget on display at Kagin's table! WOW!!! That thing is HUMONGOUS!

 

 

 

 

 

And I was finally able to visit some of the very interesting exhibits outside in the lobby. I took pictures of a couple of them, including a neat error exhibit and a wonderful elongated Lego Land exhibit which won FIRST PRIZE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

So that's it for this show - thanks for not minding me sharing my coin show experiences with you all! We'll be packing up soon so we can get on the road for that long 6-hour drive home! It rained here last night and is pretty gloomy outside, but I hear the weather down in Southern California is much nicer - can't wait to get home!

 

[thebeav]

WOW.......Another great show report. I always enjoy these !

 

Paul

[x2rider]

Great report thanks

 

That looked like a neat display to (thumbs u

 

Martin

[Coindude]

Thanks for the show report Charmy, and man, what a nugget!!! I'm sure that nugget is worth more than it's weight in gold.... now isn't that something!

[Old Pueblo]

If we had a "Most Fun Posting" contest, you would win hands down!

Although, Skyman's adventure into outer space are pretty darn cool too

 

 

All the Best

 

 

OP

[Walkerfan]

I enjoyed your report! Thanks for taking the time to make it so good!!

[ComicConnoisseur]

thanks for sharing. (thumbs u

[Yaha]

Charmy as always, I bet your appearance at any coin show will go well.. You hubby is a lucky guy, I mean most guys rather have their lovely sorting through dishes and cleaning clothes, but not your hubby, he let's you sort through coins..

 

Hope to see you again soon in Balt/more.. be good my lovely lady.. George.. aka Yaha