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[Zebo]

Friday was a partially snowy/rainy day. This may have led folks to say home and not attend the show. This was actually enjoyable because I took a little time talking to some people. Usually I am in a rush to cover all the tables and drive home before rush hour begins. I ended up selling a few coins and while I was only looking to pick up a sovereign or two, I wish that I took the time to expand my search into other areas. There just wasn't enough time. One of these days I'll have to stay longer. I enjoyed meeting Star City Homer and Zohar among others. Sorry to hear that jgenn wasn't able to make it. I walked into an interesting conversation between a couple of dealers talking about the PBS series Victoria. I collect sovereigns including the Victoria series so I had some fun with it. As for new pickups - I found a few nice sovereigns, but they were duplicates. One that I ended up purchasing for a decent price, is a rare (I'd call it scarce) 1858 sovereign. This has the fourth lowest mintage of all London Victoria shields. While not all that attractive, it is a decent grade and for the price...  The show was well organized and is always worth attending.

 

[thebeav]

Very nice. I always enjoyed Victoria's portrait on coinage. Your '58 is pretty sharp.

[Jade Collection]

nice report and nice sov!

[Star City Homer]

It was nice to meet you too!  Glad you found something good for your core collection.

[Numismatic, A.A.S.]

I should of been more social, had work and no fun to happen, but then again maybe coin work should of been more fun....great post on Show....I got to at least make a round...or two!!!