JamminJ's Second Coin Party

JamminJ

Hello everyone,

For the second time this year a bunch of forum members gathered at my home to BBQ and talk coins. I won’t attempt to name the attendees as I’ll invariably leave someone out, with the exception of the dear, departed gmarguli who can’t post here (at least with that ID).

There were lots of really good coins as well as some truly spectacular examples and a few for comic relief purposes. Two forum members covers the grades on their slabs for a little “grading challenge.” I'll let the pictures tell the story:

Plenty of this going on:




No one left hungy:


Much to my wife's glee several wives and girlfriend also came. She doesn't mind being a coin widow, but doesnt want to be the only coin widow!



There we're spottings of both darksiders (Shiro wore his platform shoes)...


...and an Open Forum fixture...


And finally me with one of our dearly departed members:


I invite any attendees to add their comments here. If you would like a copy of the pictures shoot me a PM and I'll e-mail you the photos or mail a CD.

-JamminJ

paigowjohnny

Sorry I missed it..glad to see Claw made it to uphold the San Diego delegation. Hope he got home before all the fires down here shut everything down...

clw54

I made it home fine and woke up to find a red sun and my neighborhood covered in ashes. It's pretty bad around here, but I'm not near any of it thank God. My sister is and I'm concerned.

The coin grading challenge was fun and everybody did well at it. TJKillian and Jom have some impressive coins. TJ has a real good variety. While grading them, or attempting to, I found myself awestruck when I found just what some of them were. Jom has some AU58s that rival or exceed many uncirculated examples, which seems like a good way to collect.

Many thanks to JamminJ for inviting me. It was fun and a pleasure to meet everybody there.

JamminJ

<< <i>Many thanks to JamminJ for inviting me. It was fun and a pleasure to meet everybody there. >>


Always happy to have you and glad to hear you enjoyed it!



<< <i>My sister is and I'm concerned. >>


This is the biggest one I've lived by, quite frightening. I hope your sister comes through OK.

I also enjoyed the grading challenge and did better than I thought I would - although prior knowledge of Jom's awesome AU-58s helped. Now if I could only find get better at spotting cleaned coins I'd be OK!

-JamminJ

jonesy

I'm not that familiar with the Members. Could you edit and tell who is in the Pictures??
And Claw, What do you collect??

clw54

I'm second from the bottom. MrLee is on the left, I'm on the right.

I have a complete Lincoln cent collection and a complete Mercury dime collection. Other than that, I just buy whatever strikes me as being cool.

jonesy

I know your pic Claw. Mr Lee looks a bit different. I save Lincolns myself!!

melikecoins

Greg you can't hide behind that Pumpkin.

I know that profile anywhere.

Wish I could have made it.
It looks great.


Glen

JamminJ

I'll add the names I recall and maybo some others can help me fill in the rest. I was trying to avoid doing this to cover my lack of name recollection.

All names from left to right, top picture first:
1: Elcontadore, jom, braddick, gmarguli
2: JamminJ, Woodwind, Toninginthe blood
3. Braddick, Woodwind
4. MrLee
5. Mrs. JamminJ (Lam), Mrs. Braddick (Liz)
6. Woodwind,Woodwind's girlfriend (Liza)
7. Shironiichan, Mrs. Shiro
8. Mr Lee, clw54
9. gmarguli, JamminJ

-JamminJ

Edited to fill in the missing.

clw54

The guy in the green shirt is Woodwind.

FC57Coins

<< <i>7. Shironiichan, Mrs. Shiro >>




Man - you guys were right - Shiro's REALLY short!

clw54

That's why I seldom see Shiroh at coin shows. He's hard to locate.

JamminJ

Thanks Claw, I was embarrased by that one.

By the way, not only can Greg hide behind Halloween stuff but food products as well!



I should also add thanks to MrLee, he did all the organization - I just supplied the house!

-JamminJ

MrLee

James, thanks once again for hosting the party. I had a tremendous time. The coins that everyone brought were some of the finest I've seen. Dale (ToningInTheBlood) brought his set of toned Morgans. Everyone of them with outstanding toning. Bud , who is not a member here but one we know from local shows, brought his Proof sets (1950 to 1956). These were first rate sets. FBL Franklins, Fullstep Jeffersons and wonderful toning
Here's a shot of Nucklehead looking though Dale's toned Morgans (with Dale keeping a close eye on him)

And here's another couple of pictures of the on-going "Grading Challenge"

This is one of Braddick and Woodwind testing their skills.

And here is jom and tjkillian trying their hand at it with CLW54 supervising the process.


And a real big thanks to Greg for providing the Steaks

And to clarify the people in James pictures:
#1 Elcontador (Jeff), jom, braddick and gmarguli
#2 James, Woodwind (Allen) and Tonigintheblood (Dale)
#3 Braddick and Woodwind
#6 Woodwind and his girlfriend

Here's my favorite. Nuckelhead doing what he does best.



I'd like to thank all the members who attended. You're a great bunch of people and I hope we can do it again real soon.

stman

I left southern California over 20 years ago, and see they still have some scary people down there, looks like a good time and thanks for sharing.

tjkillian

WHAT, no pictures of me???

Anyway, great party and I enjoyed it throughly
I look forward to the next party.

Tom

1jester

JJ, that sounds like a seriously fun bash!! And you guys don't look so scary after all...

JamminJ

JJ, that sounds like a seriously fun bash!! And you guys don't look so scary after all

Hi 1jester,

It was fun!

I'll let you know in advance of the next one maybe there will be a really, really good deal on airfare from Poland. We could use a little more darkside representation: just Shiro, me an a bunch of litesideres pouring over plastic!

-JamminJ

JamminJ

WHAT, no pictures of me???

Well, I was not in charge of photography! You are in this one, if a little tough to see:


Glad to hear you had fun! You should hope the next one come soon, as we will likely be serving the Heinikens you left this time.

How's the statistical analysis of your grading test coming?

-JamminJ

1jester

Well, we Darksiders can pretend to like US coins for short periods....

I'll let you know next time I'm Stateside, maybe next summer.

nucklehead

Here's a shot of Nucklehead looking though Dale's toned Morgans (with Dale keeping a close eye on him)



Here's my favorite. Nuckelhead doing what he does best.



I'd like to thank all the members who attended. You're a great bunch of people and I hope we can do it again real soon. >>

Jenni and I had a great time.James and the Mrs.have a beautiful home and were great host.Many thanks for showing us a great time once again.

MrLee

<< <i>WHAT, no pictures of me???

Anyway, great party and I enjoyed it throughly
I look forward to the next party.

Tom >>



We didn't forget you. Here's one just for you Tom.

Woodwind

Yep, that's me in the third picture from the top worshipping a proof Seated Dollar.

My girlfriend Liza and I wanted to thank JamminJ and MrLee again for inviting us to the party, and for the great food. We both had a great time. Liza enjoyed meeting the other coin widows, and I had a great time meeting some new fellow collectors. We probably would have stayed longer had we not agreed to meet with a new car dealer that afternoon. (BTW, I'm the happy owner of a new 2004 Nissan Sentra.)

Thanks also to all for sharing their knowledge, and for the feedback on the 1877-CC Dime I brought. The guess the grade was fun too even though I realized I probably shouldn't apply to PCGS as a grader any time soon.

tjkillian

Cool, now you finally got a picture of the best looking collector there Fun party, but no one drinks beer?

Tom

Toningintheblood

While many of our neighboring towns were burning, all who attended enjoyed the friendly confines of James and his lovely wife. The group enjoyed the fine food, drinks, and desserts. By the way, one of the desserts had enough liquor in it, that Braddick was giving breathalizor tests before we walked out the door for the drive home. I think he was afraid we would self-ignite if one of the hot embers landed on us. The coin viewing, coin grading, and coin stories heard around the room kept the crowd excited, and the wives all sat together and tolerated the men and their toys. Thanks again for an enjoyable afternoon.

JamminJ

<< <i>
...My girlfriend Liza and I wanted to thank JamminJ and MrLee again for inviting us to the party, and for the great food. We both had a great time. >>


Glad to hear it!

>>

We probably would have stayed longer had we not agreed to meet with a new car dealer that afternoon. (BTW, I'm the happy owner of a new 2004 Nissan Sentra.) >>


Do you know how many neat coins you could have gotten in lieu of a Nissan?



<< <i> The guess the grade was fun too even though I realized I probably shouldn't apply to PCGS as a grader any time soon. >>


I know the feeling.

-JamminJ

JamminJ

<< <i> By the way, one of the desserts had enough liquor in it, that Braddick was giving breathalizor tests before we walked out the door for the drive home. I think he was afraid we would self-ignite if one of the hot embers landed on us. >>



Mrs. JamminJ thinks the tiramisu was overly rummy ias while the recipe was followed meticulously, she used 151 proof rum instead of the normal 80 proof stuff. Ah, the trouble that not drinking brings you!

-JamminJ

ConstellatioCollector

I should have made this... I'm kicking myself! 151?

clw54

I felt the rum a little. That dessert was potent.

Woodwind

<< <i>Do you know how many neat coins you could have gotten in lieu of a Nissan? >>



Oh yeah. I could have bought a proof Seated Dollar, like the one I saw there.

I now have buyers remorse.

jom

JamminJ: Thanks for the great party!!

jom

kieferscoins

Looks like a great party.

Cameron Kiefer

mnmcoin

I am sorry I missed it. But had a great time watching my boys. I have to make the next one.

morris <><

FrattLaw

I too wished I could have made it, but I had to go to NoCal for business on Friday and ended up getting stuck there.

Maybe if my house is still here (see my other post) I can host one of these parties in the future up in LA!

Either way, count me in on the next one!

Michael

coingame2000

I am sorry I missed it too (I told Dale I was going for sure) but I posted a bunch of new coins on my website Friday and got hammered all day Saturday with inquiries and orders so I had to tend to bizz. It sure looks like everybody had a really great time and I hope I get an invitation to the next one -- I'll definitely make it.

Mike