Westfor MA Sunday afternoon, hoping for FS nickel
sadysta1
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My parents came over this weekend so I couldn't get to the show early. On Saturday we went to NH White Mountains and the car climbed to the top of Mt. Washington (there were incredible views!!!! They left Sunday around mid-day so I couldn't get to the show early.
I was there around 1pm and some of the tables were empty already. I found two more barber halves for my album and a couple of toners (including one WOW!!! 1958 penny from BigD5) that I added to ANOTHER NGC order that's going out today (another lot of 15 modern coins). I left one 1909 VDB penny with BigD5 (fantastic two sided toner, each side has a different color) for him to add to his lot that goes out to NGC as well later this week (I don't want to pay for return s/h on one coin).
Finding barber halves in vg/f condition (even later dates) is tougher than I thought; dealers either have worn ag/g examples or au/ms examples. Wish us luck with our submissions.
I had a dilemma at the beginning of the show because I found two gold coins with Bass pedigree. I did not have enough money to buy either of them so the only thing I did was to take a mental note about them
It was a fun couple of hours.
I also found 1955-D nickel at the table where a dealer had a TINY 20watt lamp (why the dealers cannot afford better lighting???). I got it for 50 cents with two more nickels from 1940s with cool lamination
. When I took a look at the nickel at home it appear that it has full steps there is one nick going through the steps but I'm hoping it will not prevent it from getting FS designation. The nickel looks like a lower grade coin MS61/62 but if I can get the designation it will be worth it!!! If it gets FS designation it will be my best cherrypick in a while.
Tom
I was there around 1pm and some of the tables were empty already. I found two more barber halves for my album and a couple of toners (including one WOW!!! 1958 penny from BigD5) that I added to ANOTHER NGC order that's going out today (another lot of 15 modern coins). I left one 1909 VDB penny with BigD5 (fantastic two sided toner, each side has a different color) for him to add to his lot that goes out to NGC as well later this week (I don't want to pay for return s/h on one coin).
Finding barber halves in vg/f condition (even later dates) is tougher than I thought; dealers either have worn ag/g examples or au/ms examples. Wish us luck with our submissions.
I had a dilemma at the beginning of the show because I found two gold coins with Bass pedigree. I did not have enough money to buy either of them so the only thing I did was to take a mental note about them
It was a fun couple of hours.
I also found 1955-D nickel at the table where a dealer had a TINY 20watt lamp (why the dealers cannot afford better lighting???). I got it for 50 cents with two more nickels from 1940s with cool lamination
. When I took a look at the nickel at home it appear that it has full steps there is one nick going through the steps but I'm hoping it will not prevent it from getting FS designation. The nickel looks like a lower grade coin MS61/62 but if I can get the designation it will be worth it!!! If it gets FS designation it will be my best cherrypick in a while.Tom
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