My Carson City Coin Show Trip
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The wife and I took a flight into Reno and then rented a car to drive over to Carson City for the Coin Show and the club meeting of the Carson City Coin Collectors of America. The weather was hot and dry with the temp around 92 degrees, a big difference from Seattle's weather in the mid 60's. We met up with Todd and his Dad, Roger that evening for dinner and then afterwards hit the blackjack table for a little entertainment. We all walked away winners after hitting a nice winning streak mid session.
Friday morning we headed up to the Carson City Mint Museum for the Coin Show and to drop off some coins for Todd to photograph. We then walked the dealers tables viewing some very nice GSA Morgan's, CC Trade dollars, and CC Gold. One of the dealers next to Todd's table had some very interesting canceled CC Morgan dies in his case. After viewing the dealers tables we walked around the museum looking at the historic memorabilia. We passed by the number 1 coin press as Ken Hopple was punching out a few commemorative coins for the visitors. He was telling the small crowd about his collection of CC canceled dies that he has collected over the years, many of which were dug up in the back yard of the Mint.
It was getting close to 1:00 so my wife and I headed up to the second floor of the museum for the C4OA club meeting. Rusty Goe, who is the club president and owner of Southgate Coins in Reno put together the meeting with about 40 members attending. He talked about the club and how we have over 500 active members subscribing to the club each year. We then had a "Show and Tell" session that lasted about an hour. One of the members brought his PCGS $20 1870-CC XF40 gold double eagle which is worth about $250,000 while another member brought his complete collection of CC $5.00 gold pieces. I presented some Top 100 CC Vam's out of my collection that were in PL and DMPL. After the S&T session we held the drawing for the raffle that the club puts on every year to raise money, the tickets were $10.00 a piece or 6 for $50.00. This year the items donated by the members included an original GSA order form, 1875-CC Chopped Trade Dollar, 1878-CC Vam-11 in MS62 and another 1878-CC in MS64. We then met for dinner that evening at Adele's Restaurant on Carson Street. Adele's is a big old historic house that has been renovated into a bar and restaurant, they did a great job in keeping it original and we all ate in the library study room.
Saturday, the wife and I with a couple of other C4OA members took the old Steam Train up to Virginia City. The clouds had moved in so the weather was cooler and it made a pleasant ride up the mountains to this historic landmark. We were able to see some of the old mines on the way that the Comstock loads had come out of along with wild Mustang horses roaming around the tracks. You really get a taste of how it was back then riding in the old train cars and hearing the steam whistle blowing from the engine. We walked around Virginia City for 3 hours checking out the shops and attractions. I did find a coin shop that was located in a antique store. Most all of the coins were in 2x2 flips and I had a fun time looking but did not buy anything. The train was leaving at 3:00 so we wrapped it up and headed on down the mountains to the station. On the way down, Randy, who entered a couple of tickets in the CC Coin Show raffle gets this call from the Coin Show and was told that his name was picked and he won the $1,000.00 prize. They told him that he needed to get to the museum by 5:00 to collect, but the train did not get in until 4:20 so he had only 40 minutes to get there. He was the first person off the train and he made it to the Coin Show with a few minutes to spare.
We got back in town and stopped by the Coin Show to pick up my coins that Todd had photographed and then went across the street to Carson City Coins, home of the broken CC Morgan. They have a very nice store with a lot of CC gold, Morgan's, and jewelry which the wife loves to look at. I ended up buying a very nice gold ring and earrings for her along with a bezel Mercury coin silver necklace.
We had a great time and are looking forward to next years show.
Here are a few of the pictures I took of the trip.
BlueCC's table at the show
Coins and dies of the CC Mint
Rusty showing the 1878-CC MS64 that was in the raffel
The winner of the 1878-CC MS64 with a big smile
Mike's complete collection of $5.00 CC Gold
The total population of PCGS graded 1870-CC Double Eagles is 41 and it was a thrill to hold this one in my hand.
The locomotive getting hooked up for the trip to Virginia City
The engineer hand oiling the wheels ready for the trip
This guy was making sure that we all were safe from bandits
She was are host during the train ride
Heading up the mountains
They took $37,000,000.00 worth of gold out of this mine, that was a lot of money back in the day.
The herd of wild mustangs that we saw coming back down the mountain.
Ken Hopple punching out some coins on the #1 press
A few more things of interest in the museum
Friday morning we headed up to the Carson City Mint Museum for the Coin Show and to drop off some coins for Todd to photograph. We then walked the dealers tables viewing some very nice GSA Morgan's, CC Trade dollars, and CC Gold. One of the dealers next to Todd's table had some very interesting canceled CC Morgan dies in his case. After viewing the dealers tables we walked around the museum looking at the historic memorabilia. We passed by the number 1 coin press as Ken Hopple was punching out a few commemorative coins for the visitors. He was telling the small crowd about his collection of CC canceled dies that he has collected over the years, many of which were dug up in the back yard of the Mint.
It was getting close to 1:00 so my wife and I headed up to the second floor of the museum for the C4OA club meeting. Rusty Goe, who is the club president and owner of Southgate Coins in Reno put together the meeting with about 40 members attending. He talked about the club and how we have over 500 active members subscribing to the club each year. We then had a "Show and Tell" session that lasted about an hour. One of the members brought his PCGS $20 1870-CC XF40 gold double eagle which is worth about $250,000 while another member brought his complete collection of CC $5.00 gold pieces. I presented some Top 100 CC Vam's out of my collection that were in PL and DMPL. After the S&T session we held the drawing for the raffle that the club puts on every year to raise money, the tickets were $10.00 a piece or 6 for $50.00. This year the items donated by the members included an original GSA order form, 1875-CC Chopped Trade Dollar, 1878-CC Vam-11 in MS62 and another 1878-CC in MS64. We then met for dinner that evening at Adele's Restaurant on Carson Street. Adele's is a big old historic house that has been renovated into a bar and restaurant, they did a great job in keeping it original and we all ate in the library study room.
Saturday, the wife and I with a couple of other C4OA members took the old Steam Train up to Virginia City. The clouds had moved in so the weather was cooler and it made a pleasant ride up the mountains to this historic landmark. We were able to see some of the old mines on the way that the Comstock loads had come out of along with wild Mustang horses roaming around the tracks. You really get a taste of how it was back then riding in the old train cars and hearing the steam whistle blowing from the engine. We walked around Virginia City for 3 hours checking out the shops and attractions. I did find a coin shop that was located in a antique store. Most all of the coins were in 2x2 flips and I had a fun time looking but did not buy anything. The train was leaving at 3:00 so we wrapped it up and headed on down the mountains to the station. On the way down, Randy, who entered a couple of tickets in the CC Coin Show raffle gets this call from the Coin Show and was told that his name was picked and he won the $1,000.00 prize. They told him that he needed to get to the museum by 5:00 to collect, but the train did not get in until 4:20 so he had only 40 minutes to get there. He was the first person off the train and he made it to the Coin Show with a few minutes to spare.
We got back in town and stopped by the Coin Show to pick up my coins that Todd had photographed and then went across the street to Carson City Coins, home of the broken CC Morgan. They have a very nice store with a lot of CC gold, Morgan's, and jewelry which the wife loves to look at. I ended up buying a very nice gold ring and earrings for her along with a bezel Mercury coin silver necklace.
We had a great time and are looking forward to next years show.
Here are a few of the pictures I took of the trip.
BlueCC's table at the show
Coins and dies of the CC Mint
Rusty showing the 1878-CC MS64 that was in the raffel
The winner of the 1878-CC MS64 with a big smile
Mike's complete collection of $5.00 CC Gold
The total population of PCGS graded 1870-CC Double Eagles is 41 and it was a thrill to hold this one in my hand.
The locomotive getting hooked up for the trip to Virginia City
The engineer hand oiling the wheels ready for the trip
This guy was making sure that we all were safe from bandits
She was are host during the train ride
Heading up the mountains
They took $37,000,000.00 worth of gold out of this mine, that was a lot of money back in the day.
The herd of wild mustangs that we saw coming back down the mountain.
Ken Hopple punching out some coins on the #1 press
A few more things of interest in the museum
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the train up and running again! Great museum and historical area!
Sounds like your wife made out very well! Did you not buy anything??
Great pics of Roger and Todd and Ken Hopple!
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Always nice to see Todd and Roger busy and behind a table and not out causing trouble :-)
<< <i>Excellent thread !!!!
Always nice to see Todd and Roger busy and behind a table and not out causing trouble :-)
I'm sure HighRelief just caught Todd and Roger at the ONE MOMENT they were behaving, and then as soon as the camera clicked their photo, I have no doubt they continued right along with their usual shenanigans!
High Relief, those are fantastic photos and a great report. Photos do make all the difference, thank you so much for taking the time to post your adventure for all of us to enjoy!!!
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now I know what slash is doing..
Todd doesn't look much like his dad, does he?
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Well, that was a really cool read!!
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<< <i>Todd,
Tell me more about your trip to the bunny ranch
Larry >>
You mean the recon mission you sent me on?
Great report Brian. It was good seeing you and the images from the train. It was also quite fun going through the box of 20 you brought down!!!
<< <i>Just a note, the shop that Brian referred to as Carson City coins is Northern Nevada Coin. A very nice shop with an excellent selection of CC and other coins and an excellent website. >>