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Charmy's January 2015 LONG BEACH SHOW REPORT w/lots of Pics!!!

ThePennyLadyThePennyLady Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
As I have mentioned before, the Long Beach show is one of my favorite shows since it’s “in my backyard,” and I can sleep in my own bed each night. And having come off a very busy and successful FUN show made many people feel the lackluster coin market might be on the upswing, so there was hope this first Long Beach show of the year would also be a good show. For me, there were lots of nice coins to buy and I had decent retail sales.

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The severe winter weather in the east prevented a few dealers from making the show so there were a few empty tables that would have otherwise been occupied. Harry Miller, who has two corner tables right across from me was missing. But for us here in SoCal, the weather was exceptional and made me even more appreciative of our beautiful warm sunshine.

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Inside the convention center, outside the bourse floor

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The stairs in front of the bourse floor

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Looking into the bourse floor from the front door

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And the first thing you see when you enter the bourse – Stacks Bowers and Heritage!

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One of the things I really love about attending coin shows is that I get to see some of the most unusual and interesting things. After I was set up, a dealer friend showed me this really neat ladle made with a gold coin at the bottom.

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Then another dealer friend, Tony Tumonis, stopped by and showed me some rare coin boards he had recently acquired.

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Ann and her husband Ari, who have been my bourse neighbors for years, are fun to banter with.

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Kerry Pieropan recently went out on his own after having been associated with Stacks Bowers for several years. He also does a heck of a job running the Buena Park show (coming up the first week in March)!

Wednesday is the day I usually do most of my buying, though I also pick up newps throughout the show. This show I found some great coins, including some for my own collection. This is a photo of the coins I purchased throughout the show for my inventory.

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Next to the one in my collection, this is one of the prettiest 1909-S vdb’s I’ve ever had.

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I also picked up a couple amazingly toned proof Indian cents, one of which I sold at the show. This 1889 is the other one.

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This is a very neat Scarface coin I bought for my personal collection. The portrait is full of raised die breaks – and this coin also happens to have a strike-thru.

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I didn’t have a 1913-S Lincoln cent in my personal collection that fit my criteria (pretty toning or neat variety or error) until now. This 1913-S has beautiful violet magenta toning.

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I also bought this beautifully toned rare Sussex 27 Conder token

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I had submitted several Conder tokens to NGC and was able to pick them up at the show.

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The off-center cat (Sussex 33) is unique in that there are no other pieces known with this die and edge combination.

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I also picked up this very pretty 1980 nickel struck on a cent planchet (sorry for the blurry photos)

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My dealer friend, Karl Stephens, brought me these penny spoons from various countries for my penny exonumia collection.

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After set up, we headed out the back door of the convention center, and I noticed this beautifully lit building across the parking lot.

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Then we headed to our usual after-set-up-wine-tasting dinner at our favorite restaurant, Café Piccolo’s. There were six of us so there were six bottles of wine (and no, we always have left-over wine which we usually end up taking back to the show for our afternoon happy hour)! As often is the case, everyone brought some really great wine.

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This is what our table looked like just before dinner was served!

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Rick Snow, my booth buddy Rich, and dealers Alan Kreuzer and Karl Stephens

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Me and Joanne Stephens

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And just so you don’t think we only have “unhealthy food,” they do serve a delicious salad!

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On Thursday, the Mint released their U.S. Marshall’s Service coin, and boy, was there a long line of folks waiting to buy them! But at least it was quite subdued with no chaos compared to other new coin releases.

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The bourse floor was very active on Thursday.

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PCGS was busy as usual.

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This is David and Sandy working away.

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David is a good sport! ;-)

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Anyone who knows Nina knows not to disturb her during meal times - this tiny little girl is one ferocious eater!!!

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I got lovely Amanda Varner of Alhambra Coins to take a second to look up from helping customers.

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Another lovely lady, Cindi, with her ANACS co-hort Paul, were also very busy throughout the show.

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Al Arnold of Arnold’s Coins is a SoCal dealer and also does fantastic wood work – he is the one who made my custom oak show cases.

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Later that afternoon, out came the wine!

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Have you heard the one about how you can tell when a coin dealer goes on vacation? They put all their chairs on the roof of their house!

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The usual dinner spot on Thursdays is Naple’s Ribs – there’s always about 40 dealers who dine there in one of the back rooms.

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When we got there, we found Greg and another dealer sitting out front working on some coin deal!

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Here are some of the dealers enjoying some delicious ribs! You may recognize some of these familiar faces…

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These Northern Nevada Coin guys can’t take their eyes off their phones – I’m guessing Alan finally let them check their phones now that they were off duty or they were posting selfies on Facebook!

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Ernie is the one who always organizes this event for us!

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Instead of wine, I enjoyed a refreshing gin and tonic!

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And this is why we go to Naple’s Ribs!

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And now for the photo I keep getting requests for….

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On Friday morning, I took a few moments to check out the Pogue collection at the Stack’s Bowers table. They were still putting out the coins and had the security guards standing right by the cases as I was taking photographs.

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Back at my table, this adorable young man, Ryan, who reads my show reports on CoinTalk, and his mom stopped by to check out some pennies for his collection. After he bought a few coins, he asked me if I would autograph one of the slabs and one of the 2x2 holders for his grandfather. I was so tickled and oh so very honored.

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Friday afternoon, my neighbor friend Joan who is an avid baseball card collector and also has several coins came to the show. So she stopped by my table and shared some wine together.

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Friday night we headed over to my favorite Chinese restaurant, PF Changs, which is just across the street from the convention center.

I love to start off with their chicken lettuce wrap dish.

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I had their Mongolian beef

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Someone had the seabass

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Someone else ordered the orange chicken

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And of course, the kung pao chicken

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These were our fortunes from the fortune cookies. Believe it or not, Rick got the last one about the lost penny!

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It was a beautiful evening that night – this is the pier right next to the restaurant

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The blue lit building is the convention center at night

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The ferris wheel is right next to the convention center

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And what used to be a roller coaster

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Saturday is when they hold the kids’ treasure trivia hunt – this is the meeting table for the kids. Walter Ostromecki (ANA President) has always been a great supporter of promoting kids in the coin industry!

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Walter also awarded Julian Liedman with a “Points of Light” certificate for his service to the numismatic community

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That’s about it for this report. As I mentioned, it was a busy show and went by very quickly, and I was quite tired by Saturday evening. So I always look forward to coming home to my hubby and now adorable little Penny!

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Next up:

- Dallas PNG show (February 26-28)
- Portland ANA (March 5-7)
- Buena Park show (March 14-15)
- Las Vegas Riviera show (March 20-22)
- Baltimore Whitman show (March 26-28)
Charmy HarkerThe Penny Lady®

Comments

  • habaracahabaraca Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks

    Another nice report..

    Wish I could have made it there......
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really like the O/C Cat token as it's really nicely cupped and once again I'm hungry after seeing your show report! image
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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good report, I would like to have been there but I live 500 miles away.

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  • HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great report, thanks for taking out the time to post it Charmy.
  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great, thanks for sharing !!! image
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  • BustCudsBustCuds Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭

    Nice report and pics, Thank you image
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great report Charmy.....and some very nice wines... Cheers, RickO
  • JebJeb Posts: 122
    Very nice report. Thank you.
  • goldengolden Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the great report. Looks like it was a good show.
  • AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another great report! Thank you Charmy I enjoyed it very much...

    ABimage
  • scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great report, and my vote for the best looking photo of a G & T ever! Makes me thirsty...
  • MarkMark Posts: 3,520 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I see your thread. I get a smile on my face. I start reading and looking at the pictures. My smile grows bigger and bigger. I keep looking and my smile keeps growing. Nowadays you have so many outstanding photos that my smile grows so big my face hurts. But it's worth it!! image

    Thanks so much.
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  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 16,823 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Loved your Long Beach report Charmy......something we all look forward to.

    And special congrats to veteran numismatist and long time forum member favorite Julian...........



    Walter also awarded Julian Liedman with a “Points of Light” certificate for his service to the numismatic community

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  • jedmjedm Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great report Charmy thanks again. I didn't realize you got so many requests for food pics, you really delivered this time! LOL
  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wei looks comfortable in a photo for a change.

    Nina looks more tanned.

    And does Penny have a lot of gold in here eyes?


    As far as "coins" I'm very interested in Sussex33 - eftir and variety. Any color pleasure from it? Design/theme?


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  • mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭
    Thank you for another outstanding report!
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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting report, as always. Thank you.
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  • As always you give such great reports, I feel like I was there.
  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Never disappoints. Thanks again, enjoyed it.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great job as always, Charmy!

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  • CMCARTCMCART Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭
    Awesome report - thanks imageimage
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  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My favorite part was the eerily coin-related fortune cookie messages. Couldn't have scripted those much better!
  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,890 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome as usual. I got the new Numismatic News this weekend, and guess who was on the cover!
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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 22,612 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great report! image
  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭
    Always fun reports and love all the pics.


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  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    Good stuff!!!!!
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  • Great Photos Charmy!
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  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great report - is that fortune referencing the kitty?

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,282 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the report - looks like they reholdered the Pogue coins - the original ones were unreadable! image
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  • gargoyle62gargoyle62 Posts: 268 ✭✭✭
    Always look forward to show report posts, and they never fail to entertain and amaze. Thanks for sharing
  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,199 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Amanda Varner use to post an interesting show report as well,
    but I have not seen one lately.
  • Thanks for the great report! Penny is a real cutie!
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  • bestdaybestday Posts: 4,220 ✭✭✭✭
    Do dealers lock away their coins each day ? ..looks like some cases were just covered.. nice report
  • ThePennyLadyThePennyLady Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you everyone!!

    MsMorrisine, yes Penny has gold eyes with a touch of green. I love the Sussex 33, the cat Conders are very popular and scarce. this one is original chocolate brown with a good amount of luster.

    Cmerlo1, I remember being interviewed at FUN but didn't know they had printed my photo and article, thanks for pm'ing me a copy!

    Rick, hopefully your fortune cookie has come true and that Penny has brought you much luck!

    Bestday, dealers lock up their cases every night, and many have locking zipper bags that go over/around their cases. But the major theft deterrent is the armed guards that spend the night on the bourse each night.
    Charmy HarkerThe Penny Lady®
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i like the old gold, they are real nice in grade as well image
  • gummibeargummibear Posts: 783 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for another wonderful report. The Conders are beautiful.
    Richard
  • PRECIOUSMENTALPRECIOUSMENTAL Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭
    Great report and photo's.
    Bonus points for the bottles of Cholula Hot Sauce.
    I have to moderate, I could easily do one bottle daily, as well as Sriracha Sauce, Huy-Fong is best. MMMMMMMMMM!
  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Great report and photo's.
    Bonus points for the bottles of Cholula Hot Sauce.
    I have to moderate, I could easily do one bottle daily, as well as Sriracha Sauce, Huy-Fong is best. MMMMMMMMMM! >>



    I buy Huy Fong Sriracha by the case !!!!
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  • PRECIOUSMENTALPRECIOUSMENTAL Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭
    If you do not have a local source you can order 'sample packs' direct from H-F, a variety pack of several of their products.
    Also am enamored with the chili-garlic paste, I do like it that much.
    Back to sorting a $25.00 box of cents that I picked up today.

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