Long Beach show, couple of pictures and new purchases
Mr_Spud
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I took off work today and went to the Long Beach Show. Most of the usual dealers were there, but a few didn’t show up this time. The bourse wasn’t too crowded, but not too empty either.
Here’s a few pictures as I headed up to the show
I picked up this HK-20 in the original box from Jeff Shevlin. The coin looks great, prooflike with no hairlines and lots of color, but what really sold me was the box. 
And I picked up this coin as an upgrade for my circulated type sets. A little bit sadly, this will replace my current one that is an 1857 C in XF45, but this one looks better and has nicer color
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Thanks for the report, @Mr_Spud and congrats on the pickups. I'm back at LGB after spending five hours at the show. I thought it was well attended and most tables had a fair share of window shoppers. There were many more empty tables than I remember at the February and June shows of past years. I picked up my recent auction wins at Stacks and dropped off a couple submissions with GC, then I did my usual rounds.
I did notice a higher percentage of sellers than in past shows. And many seem to have brought in large collections.
Tim
Edited for grammar (one should never reread their own posts).
I really like the centennial medal in its original box. The box really adds to the appeal. I hope you plan to leave it as is and not have the medal slabbed. It has survived for nearly 150 years in that box!
Yes, I plan on keeping it in the box. I’m thinking of putting the whole box in an intercept shield slab box and storing it in a jar, but no desiccant. I don’t want the coin to keep toning too fast and going terminal from humidity because I’m 6 blocks from the ocean, but I don’t want to put in a desiccant and risk drying the box out and making it brittle.
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