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Numismatic Sighting: James (the Wanderer)
To the Group:
I saw mon vieux professeur, Monsieur James, at the Springpatch coin show here this day (3/21/10). We had to look each other up and down to be certain of identities - I suppose that this is only about the 4th or maybe 5th time we've met up in person. James was looking extremely well, hale and hearty. He had come down to the flat-lands to look at some colonial coins, especially a New Jersey copper, horse's head featuring a large "goiter". The Springpatch coin show had a very solid crowd, not a record attendance, but not bad. IMHO there was a lot of silver available in U.S. 90% coin form, and some small bars. IMHO, gold was also relatively abundant in one-quarter ounce (or older European near- equivalents) and one ounce formats. I have always marveled, just boggled at the tendency for coin dealers to unload and then to take up ALL of the parking places near the door, all day long. The Springpatch show is a prime example of this bad habit. oly |
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Numismatic Sighting: James (the Wanderer)
oly wrote:
To the Group: I saw mon vieux professeur, Monsieur James, at the Springpatch coin show here this day (3/21/10). We had to look each other up and down to be certain of identities - I suppose that this is only about the 4th or maybe 5th time we've met up in person. James was looking extremely well, hale and hearty. He had come down to the flat-lands to look at some colonial coins, especially a New Jersey copper, horse's head featuring a large "goiter". The Springpatch coin show had a very solid crowd, not a record attendance, but not bad. IMHO there was a lot of silver available in U.S. 90% coin form, and some small bars. IMHO, gold was also relatively abundant in one-quarter ounce (or older European near- equivalents) and one ounce formats. I have always marveled, just boggled at the tendency for coin dealers to unload and then to take up ALL of the parking places near the door, all day long. The Springpatch show is a prime example of this bad habit. Speaking only for myself, that doesn't bother me, as I need the exercise, being somewhat gifted circumferentially. The worst parking situation, though, occurs at the convention center in Rosemont, where one must park across the street ($11 last time I was there, probably will jack up to $15 or $20 by the time of Central States in 2011) and then do a 3/4-mile forced march through endless elevated walkways to get to the show gate. Yes, I did acquire a want list item, a Maris 37-f, which features a die blowout below the horse's neck, giving him the appearance of having an iodine deficiency. Picture he http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...urzman/obv.jpg And yes, the show was very crowded, making it often very difficult to get anywhere near the coins. At least the bodies seemed to be actually looking at coins rather than just standing in the aisles blowharding about the good old days and bitching about the Current Occupant. The roster of dealers, as oly reminded me at the show, was pleasantly diverse for a club show, with people from several adjacent states in attendance. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and was pleased to renew my acquaintance and have speaks with oly. James the Itinerant Coin Junkie 'I've been known to drive even farther to attend a coin show' |
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