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Went to MSNS today
Boosibri
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The Good: Bought one token. Wish I found more. The show was packed which is great.
The Odd: Old men were hitting on my wife like crazy. One asked to touch her.
The Usual: People need to wash themselves before attending coin shows. Disgusting.
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we need pictures.
...of the token, of course.
Get your wife a t-shirt that says "Sorry, I have all the Old Men I need".
At least the old men weren’t hitting on you.
Brian way too funny. Great report I felt like I was there
I miss the Hyatt shows. Where was it this year?
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I was also there this afternoon. I just can't get excited about the show as the hall at Macomb Community College, Warren Campus, is sterile and poorly lit. (Try viewing the exhibits).
I looked at some of the dealer stocks of ancients and wished I had never sold mine ... but that is now ancient history in itself. So far as the US coins go, I found myself having little interest in even the early issues and absolutely no interest in the modern issues.
I sold nothing and bought nothing. Black Friday had already claimed my spending allowance.
The show has been at the Macomb Community College for the last 5+ years or so. The show was pretty packed and the area devoted to tables seemed to be smaller than in previous years despite the same number of dealers participating.
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I did hope to see @commoncents05 who hasn't frequented the forum in a while but no luck.
I saw a very nice MS64 Ferdinand VII 8R, an 1810-L Small Bust which was attractive but not a blazer. Very tough coin!
Dalton Gold and Silver whipped out an 1883-O $10 in VG10 CAC OGH which was priced at $50,000. Coolest coin I saw.
I spent the most time with Paul Cunningham looking through tokens for my Hometown Exonumia set and that is where I found one scarce early transportation token in the highest grade I have recorded.
Latin American Collection
Thanks for the report!
Man I’m old too.
I assumed it was still held at the Hyatt Regency at the mall in Dearborn.
That used to be a don’t miss show back in the 80’s and 90’s before I moved south. Many good memories;
I wish I had the knowledge and $ I have now, back then.
Just got home from the MSNS show. Good crowd, didn’t get a chance to visit many dealers, maybe tomorrow. Spent my time setting my CWT Store Card exhibit. The Exhibit area seemed a bit crowded this year.
The old Dearborn Hyatt hotel has been condemned as unsafe by the city. Seems a shame that the series of owners chose not to maintain it properly.
"A penny hit by lightning is worth six cents". Opie Taylor
the Hyatt was a great location indeed, I haven't been back since it moved.
What kinda show report is this... No picture or the Token or Wife?
Reminds me of my local smaller shows as some attendees look like they rolled out of bed the week before. Sometimes you walk through a cloud of funk you can't shake and you look to see if you steeped in something you're dragging along?
@Boosibri Wait is this how you spent your honeymoon?
If so nice upgrade as she seems like a keeper!
Haha, no honeymoon yet, head to Napa next week and then Florida for a bit but no proper honeymoon in the books until February. Any recommendations?
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Dang....while it's been years since I did the show and stayed at the Hyatt....how did it get so bad? It was very nice when I was there and always ate the very good all you can eat Thanksgiving dinner!
@Boosibri wait is this how you spe> @Boosibri said:
Plan the Florida trip around the FUN show
It used to be one of my favorite shows. Haven't been there since it was in Dearborn, tho, as I can't get around too well these days. It was always a good show for cherrypicking varieties.
I’m taking my wife to MAUI in February....come join us.
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I haven't gone to that show in years and it still stinks ? I always thought it was me. I do like farting in crowds then look around like I'm trying to figure out who did it.
Dirty old men. Typical.
Yeah, it was really too bad. I was on the MSNS Board when the Hyatt people left the building. We were told the owners wouldn’t spend any money on the building. Even after the Ballroom roof leaked all over some dealers tables during a show. After Hyatt left the owners brought in a couple other hoteliers but the building continued to deteriorate until a bankruptcy closed it.
"A penny hit by lightning is worth six cents". Opie Taylor
I bought my wife a shirt which reads "I have multiple personalities and none of them like you." Suggest you do likewise for your wife and have her wear it to the next show she attends.
The other thing you could do is bring a can of Lysol or equivalent to the next show and spray the major offenders (who smell the worst).
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
I have great memories of that show when it was in Dearborn. It was always a very good show. Some great times traveling at 2-3 AM from the Chicago area with the Mad one ...and the rubber chicken!
Nice report, but maybe you could try being a little less prolific with the details next time?
Honeymoon destinations? If you like somewhere warm - Aruba or Turks & Caicos.
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Been maybe a decade since I have attended coin shows, it did seem like there were an uncomfortable number of anti-social, conspiracy theorists and musky non-bathing types though.
Thanks for the report...though the second installment had more detail
Too bad 'atmosphere'.... However, pictures would have been good...as long as they were not in 'smellovision'... 
Cheers, RickO
Sure you didn't go to a gun show?
@Boosibri Sorry I missed you! I was there on Friday as well and wondered if I might run into you. I hope things are going well. I don’t hang around here much anymore but I do check in from time to time.
-Paul