Charmy's 2024 CENTRAL STATES NUMISMATIC SOCIETY (CSNS) Coin Show Report w/tons of Pics!
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This was my best Central States show ever! And many dealers with whom I spoke agreed that this particular show was one of their best CSNS shows as well. Cindy Wibker and the CSNS folks really did outdo themselves in putting on this show - from Dealer Day through Saturday! Also, as you will see, the hotel bar is a very popular meeting spot for dealers and collectors alike. I took a lot of photos of the various folks who were there each night, so be sure to check out all the pics to see if I captured any of you in my photos!
I left beautiful OC early on Tuesday very much looking forward to setting up at this show, seeing my friends, and enjoying my stay at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel.
I had a problem free, easy flight, and arrived in sunny Chicago that afternoon
I arrived at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel in the afternoon and settled into my room
Then I headed down to the bar for a nice glass of wine and a bite to eat
In addition to buying a selling, one of the most fun parts about attending the CSNS show at the Renaissance Hotel is that most of the dealers and many collectors like to gather at the hotel bar each evening after the show. It's a great place to see old friends and make new ones in the coin industry. It didn't take long for some of my dealer friends to begin showing up, including one of my favorite dealer friends, Dino Koromvokis!
Mitch Ernst (CSNS President), Chris Seuntjens (Crystal Clear Showcases) and Chris' friend were also enjoying a beverage (with a photobomb by Mitch's son Sam in the background!). Chris was very kind in sending over a glass of wine to me, so I ended up joining them at their table. We ended up talking about Chris's Crystal Clear showcases and I mentioned that I might be in the market to replace my heavy solid oak cases that I take to local shows with some lighter weight cases. So Chris generously offered to let me use his showcases throughout this show to see if they would fit my needs.
Wednesday was Dealer Day for which I signed up so I could get in early, set up my booth, and go "shopping" in a more casual, less crowded atmosphere. Here's my booth all set up with the new Crystal Clear showcases.
These are the coins I bought throughout the show, including a beautiful Pop 2 1955/55 Doubled Die in PCGS AU58+ CAC!
Some of The Penny Lady swag and the two bottles of wine I brought for the show - a Washington Chateau St. Michelle 2016 cab and my favorite Rombauer Zinfandel
Some CSNS "swag" they were giving out at the show
I also took a few photos around the bourse during Dealer Day
CNG Table with Billie (Greysheet) and Lori (Whitman)
Joanne (PCGS), Sam Ernst (CSNS Board Member) and Barbara Gregory (CSNS Centinel editor)
Another one of my favorite dealer friends, Brian Alty (Northeast Numismatics)
Curtis Mease (PCGS)
At 5pm, the rest of the table holders came in for set up
After the show that evening, the PNG and the Grey Sheet hosted a dealer event at the hotel bar so we stopped by before heading out to dinner
Ran into the beautiful NGC gals 
We went over to Chicago Prime Italian for dinner
We had a delicious Napa Duckhorn cab with our dinner
Then it was back to the hotel bar for some more drinks and fun!
Thursday there was quite a crowd who streamed in when the show opened and soon the bourse floor had a strong buzz with all the business being conducted!
Here are some pics of the bourse floor throughout the day
Here are some cool things I found in various dealer cases throughout the show
Super rare early 1600's massive silver "cincuentin" coins in Bob and Carol Campbell's case
Lovely Carol Campbell helping out at their table
Some huge gold nuggets also in Bob's case
Very rare Indian cent coin "album" made in the early 1900's out of lamb skin with tiny pouches for each coin, including a "counterstamped" 1856 Flying Eagle
Rare Comic Book buttons at Justin Waddell's table
A complete set of "Beauties of the Cinema" cards from 1939 at Rick Snow's table
This very cool and extremely rare 1870 Die Trial Indian cent (this is 1 of only 2 known) made out of aluminum from of my personal collection that I sold to Rick Snow
A similar but less rare 1868 aluminum Die Trial Indian cent
Another rare piece - a beautiful 1969-S Doubled Die Obverse in PCGS MS64+ Red - only 1 finer (also in Rick's case)
A very cool multiple error $1 (double struck, broad struck and off center) found in James Sego's case
Some beautiful coins from the upcoming ANA auction on display at the Heritage table
GreatCollections folks
I ran into Ben Franklin
Chris Seuntjens (Crystal Clear Showcases)
The busy folks at PCGS
The equally busy folks at NGC
Curt Mease (PCGS) and Greg Allen hanging out at my table
Forum member Kendrick/KLIAO stopped by to say hi
That night a large group of my foreign coin dealer friends (including folks from Sedwick Coins who specialize in Colonial and shipwreck coins) went to Chicago Prime steakhouse and had a great time! The wine was delicious, the food was fantastic, and the company was wonderful!
This is my type of happy place - the wine room at the restaurant!
Then of course it was back to the hotel bar for more socializing....
Friday was another very busy day at the show. A dealer friend brought by this really pretty heart-shaped Indian cent Love Token for my personal exonumia collection
My dear friend Linda Hagopian (Larry Sekulich's wife) stopped by with a wonderful bottle of wine which we shared
Another friend Alan Flint (who is actually the brother of a friend I worked with for 17 years when I was a paralegal in Newport Beach) stopped by to say hi
A long time coin friend Mike "Noodle" Nottlemann also brought a nice bottle of wine to share!
With all that wine (and my tunes playing on my little Bose boombox and a box of Cheez-Its), we had quite the party at my table late Friday afternoon!
After the show, a group of us just went over to the hotel restaurant for dinner - they have some very good dishes.
Then back to the hotel bar for one last hurrah!
Justin Waddell, me and James Sego
More coin folks!
Joe Paonessa was making coins using a handpress and Rick Snow took a video of Joe in action and sent it to me. I couldn't figure out how to upload a video so I took some screenshots.
Soon it was time to pack up and head to the airport. As much as I look forward to attending these shows, by the end of the week, I look just as forward to getting back home. As I said it was a great show, very busy, lots of fun and very successful. The only tiny glitch for me was that they made a typo in the show program for my table number, and a few folks who finally found my table told me they had a hard time finding me since the wrong number was printed by my company name. That is a frustrating mistake for us dealers, but the show folks did what they could to make it right and asked the people at the "wrong" table to redirect people back to my table, so it worked out just fine.
As we were waiting for our car to take us to the airport, right outside the convention room was this beautiful duck sitting on one of the cement flower planters. She was nesting on half a dozen eggs!
We made it to the airport, no problems and no delays with an easy straight flight home. Bye Chicago - just until August when I come back for the ANA in Rosemont!
Of course, penny was home waiting as usual!
Next up - the Long Beach show in June, followed by my local Buena Park show.
p.s.
Sunday was Cinco de Mayo - and the 33rd anniversary of my engagement to my hubby Lou, so of course we had to celebrate in style with some great Mexican food and margaritas!
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Sweet report!
I love these on this board.
Thanks for sharing.
A few take-aways.
First, it is cool to see younger folks walking the bourse.
Second, your showcases have major cool coins within.
Third, now I am hungry for a good steak and glass of wine.
peacockcoins
Your bird is most likely a Canada Goose not a Duck.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Canada_Goose/id
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Great report!
Best, SH
Thank you for your report!
Fun read.
Great report as usual, thanks for posting one.
A+ report! ... I shared it with my wife, she loved it.
Great show report, Charmy.....they just keep getting better and better.
Thank you.
Do you know who the gentleman sitting next to Liz is?
As usual, a very nice show report.
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.
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@Goldbully, I believe that's Liz's husband.
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Thank you, that's nice to see. He must know he is married to a rock star in the numismatics world. 😊
Always the best show report. Thank you Charmy.
Much like the crowds it appears Charmy is getting younger every year!
Thanks for the report and pics.
thanks for a fun report! I always enjoy reading them.
Thanks for your report. Schaumburg was fun!
It looks like you also got the filet trio at Chicago Prime. Those sauce selections made what I thought was a pretty mediocre steak into something tasty.
My table was uniformly disappointed in the sides, seems like you enjoyed yours?
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Thanks for the recap. Always like seeing the 55DD. Also liked the comic figure buttons.
I have always enjoyed reading your show reports and checking out all of the pics.
Thanks for taking the time you do for each and every report.
Great report! Thanks for posting! One of these days I will make it out there for the show.
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Thanks for the tour, Charmy!!
bob
The Canadian Goose was considered extinct until about 30 birds were "discovered" in Minnesota (or thereabouts). That was about 100 years ago. Now US hunters harvest more than 1,000,000 birds every year and the population can handle the pressure.
bob
lermish@ I actually got the prime rib (end cut) which was tasty and amazing. Sadly, you must have had an off night since I have been to Chicago Prime in the past and have never been disappointed.
Good to know about the goose - it was very pretty and very tame.
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I got that close to a Canadian Goose nesting, it attacked me and I broke my wrist. Go ahead and laugh everyone at work did.
As always, a fun report! Nice 55 DDO. Also, I’m glad to see you drinking some Oregon pinot!
Thanks as always for the community's best and most highly anticipated show reporting @ThePennyLady!
Also married to a numismatic rock star, Lou, Charmy's husband!!
Good to see a pic of @kliao (Kendrick). We've corresponded for years and I finally have a face to put with the PM's. I guess he's technically no longer a young numismatist, but he showed a tremendous amount of interest and willingness to learn as a YN. This will surely be a life long hobby for Kendrick. He's a great "kid" (as us seniors would respectfully call him
). If you don't know him, he is someone you should take the time to get to know.
We got probably 100k geese.
Like all Yankees, they arrive and never go back home.
Central States will be on my to do list next year.
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Another fabulous show report Charmy.
Nice pictures.
I think you could get a side job with Food and Wine Magazine. LOL
So glad to hear that this was also a great show success for you.
It seems that everybody who reported here on the forum was also very happy with this show.
Looking forward to your next report.
Wayne
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Great report!
Sounds like you had a lot of fun!! 👍🍺🍷
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Charmy:
One of these shows you might be able to get a photo of Mark Emtman (BUST Coins) and post it here on the PCGS message board.
Cuprinkor@ Mark is a bit shy, and besides, I think he might be retiring so I'm not sure how much I will see him at shows.
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Once again, thank you all for the kind words and encouragement with my coin show reports. I'm really glad you enjoy them especially those who can't make it to the shows. But if you do make it to one of the shows where I have a table, please do stop by and say hi and if you like, I'd be happy to take your picture for my show report.
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Those geese got so over-populated here in Georgia, they opened a season for them. Plus, they were driving out the native ducks. We still have a lot of them here...I live right by Lake Lanier and there is a little pond that is attached to the lake by a culvert and they have 4 or 5 laying pairs in and around the pond. Every year, there are a dozen or more younglings running around and then they fly off to wherever.
Any idea of the story behind the lambskin coin folder? It is really cool...I wonder if the natural oils affected the coins in it at all?
Great report as always and a pleasure to read. I hope you can make it to the 2025 WFoM show in OKC.
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GaCoinGuy@ No I don't other than it is very rare and handmade. It only contained circulated Indian cents and doesn't look like it affected the condition or toning of those coins.
UpGrayedd@ Yes I plan to attend the WFM show in Oklahoma City next year. I've never been there and am looking forward to seeing that city and trying their cuisine!
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Wonderful report as usual Charmy. Maybe best ever. I know these take a lot of time, but we all appreciate it!!!
Dave
great report as always, I find myself zooming in on the menus and picking out what I'd order
Same thing here in North Carolina. The "do gooders" decided to bring some here in the early '80's from up north. These normally migratory birds decided that they had it pretty good here and stayed all year around! Why migrate when you can just hang around? With few natural predators and government protection they have multiplied to become a major nuisance. They produce up to two pounds of poop per day per bird. Now the "do gooders" won't even answer any questions because of the major health issue they created as beaches get closed during the summer and their population is now increasing exponentially. I could write more but I would get in trouble as this is not coin related.
By the way, it is Canada Goose, not Canadian Goose.
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Great report and pictures. Thanks for posting.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Great report that 1969 double die is a sweet coin!!! The food looks fantastic as well!!!
Hickory Knob State Park (SC, on Strom Thurmond/Clarks Hill Lake) golf course has signs (or used too, been awhile) about the goose poop being considered a "Hazard". I do remember the geese on the course were quite aggressive at times.
Thanks for the reply. Whatever the story, that is a cool piece.
Seriously on the Canada Geese being in season for a time in Georgia?
We're now down in Coastal Georgia and I've noticed one too many of these squawkers on the island. I'll need to confirm with the GA DNR first but if they're fair game I've got a .410 revolver which should do the job. Plus, it will save on the grocery bill !!!
Very nice. Thank you.