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Charmy's 2014 PORTLAND PNNA SHOW REPORT w/lots of Pics!!

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The Penny Lady

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I hadn’t been to the Portland PNNA show in a few years mostly due to conflicts with other shows, so I was looking forward to being back in Portland. It’s such a beautiful city with the rivers running through the middle of town and lush green hills and trees all around.

 

I took a morning flight to Portland on Friday morning since set up wasn’t until 3pm.

 

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It was a beautiful day as we flew past the beautiful snow-capped mountains into Portland.

 

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The Portland airport

 

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I checked into the hotel, grabbed some lunch, then went to the conference center to set up my table. I was pleased to see I was given the same table I had a few years ago!

 

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This is a beautiful park right across the street from the hotel/show. It was nice to see such beautiful green trees!

 

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One of my customer, Mark, invited me to join he and his wife and her friend for dinner in downtown Portland. So he drove into the city to Jake’s Crawfish

 

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Cindi Snow Ray (ANACS) joined us too

 

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We chose a nice bottle of wine from the Pacific Northwest.

 

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Several of us had the crab bisque, along with their delicious special parmesan crusted sole

 

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Then of course, some of us couldn’t resist their yummy desserts!

 

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The next morning (Saturday) I woke up to see that it had rained during the night. I haven’t seen the rain in many months and it was so refreshing to see wet pavement and trees for a change! These are photos taken from my room.

 

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There was a nice crowd outside the door when the show opened to the public

 

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The hardworking guys manning the registration table!

 

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Soon the room was buzzing and business was brisk!

 

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My favorite Conder token dealer was set up at he showed me several recently acquired tokens he brought back from England. I wanted them all, but had to restrain myself and bought just a couple of them, including the Middlesex 382 in this photo because it was a much later die state of one that I already had, with shattered dies and cuds all over the piece.

 

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Matt Powell stopped by. In addition to selling coins, Matt also creates state of the art websites. He talked to me about upgrading/updating my website. I like my current website but know that having a more modern website is important, so I’m still considering all the pros and cons.

 

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Since I would only be away from home a couple of days and didn’t have to bring my exhibit with me, I actually had room in my checked bag for a bottle of wine! So I opened up this bottle of Beach House Zinfandel, and after sharing it with a few people, it went fast!

 

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Another dealer had this very cool 80% off center Indian cent, which I couldn’t resist adding to my personal collection.

 

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After the show ended on Saturday, Cindi and I decided to have dinner at the hotel restaurant.

 

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We ran into some of the other dealers from the show. We enjoyed having some drinks together, talked about the coin business, our specialties, etc.

 

Steve, Dave (Type2fifty), and James (Segoja)

 

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Sunday started out slow, as expected, but it did pick up a little and I made some decent sales. Then soon it was time to pack up and head to the airport and home.

 

When I arrived at the airport, I found out my flight was delayed about 45 minutes which wasn’t too bad. When our plane arrived, I noticed it looked like a newer model.

 

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Soon the plane was taking off for home – bye- bye Portland!

 

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Hello Southern California coast!

 

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And the historic old Tustin Air Base helicopter hangers just outside the John Wayne Airport

 

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And yes, busy and crowded Irvine!

 

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This pretty glider hangs just above the baggage area in the airport

 

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The Portland PNNA show was a successful show for me, and I really enjoyed seeing Portland again. N addition to buying lots of raw coins for my inventory, I was especially happy to pick up a couple pieces for my personal collection. I’ll definitely look forward to attending the Portland ANA next March!

 

So that’s about it – next up will be the Baltimore show in a few weeks. Hope to see some of you there!

 

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Seeing the North-West is one of the few things on my bucket-list.

 

I always enjoy the selfies of you and Cindi. You two have such radiant smiles, I can never help but smile myself.

 

Paul

 

 

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