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If you bought anything at the show or in one of the auctions post it here for all of us to drool over.image
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The last Gobrecht needed for my set:

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    Early Dollar Set
  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
    The only coin I bought was a 2004 Proof 1/4 ounce GAE from the US Mint table. The coin went straight to the PCGS table about 60 ft away. This was more of a currency buying trip. I bought a North Africa one dollar bill and an Educatonal one dollar note.
    PCGS Currency: HOF 2013, Best Low Ball Set 2009-2014, 2016, 2018. Appreciation Award 2015, Best Showcase 2018, Numerous others.
  • GonfunkoGonfunko Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭
    That Gobrecht has a very high drool factor. image
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mark Feld didn't find anything for me image
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  • kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    Did we have to start out with a Proof Trade Dollar..........now there's nowhere to go but down image


    Really choice coin and I am sure it wasn't cheap!!!
    Kryptonitecomics Ebay Auctions
  • RooseyFanRooseyFan Posts: 95
    Here is a coin for my type set

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    And another coin for my short set of Walkers

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    Butchimage
  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    TDN: Your new Gobrecht Dollar is absolutely exquisite! Thanks so much for sharing her with us!!

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    no pictures, but here's a list.

    1951 Jefferson PR68 NGC.
    1941 Jefferson PR65 ANACS.
    1878 7/8 TF Strong NGC MS62.
    1960 Proof Set.
    1985 Mint Set.

    al h.image
  • kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    I'd like to see more purchases so.....TTT
    Kryptonitecomics Ebay Auctions
  • HartlandManHartlandMan Posts: 166 ✭
    I bought this while I was there because the Director of the Mint happened to be signing so I got her on the lid of this Thomas Edison proof coin. She was very nice. Dignified and sincerely friendly.

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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    << 1878 7/8 TF Strong NGC MS62. >>

    Al: I can't believe that you lowered yourself to the point where you purchased a Morgan Bullion Coin image

    ...But, I am pleased to see that you did!! image


    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's a list, pictures to come:

    1856-O $10 NGC-55 (very crusty)
    1846/5-O $10 PCGS-35 (very crusty)
    1912 $20 PCGS-63
    A new Zeiss 3x/6x/9x loupe--it's awesome!

    For my son:
    1918/7-D 5c ANACS Net Fr-2
    5 circulated buffalos including 14-S, 16-S, and 18-S
    A new loupe with a light
    A good bag from the YN Trivia Treasure Hunt

    The intangibles:
    A lot of fun with my son ("priceless")
    OT-I took him to the Steelers game tonight which he told me was "better than Annie", which is a supreme compliment in my household!image
    Quality time with new and old friends (also invaluable)
    The experience of seeing some amazing individual coins and sets

    In summary, the best reason to go to the ANA is not for what you can get. It is for what you get to see and who you meet and spend time with. Coins can be purchased anywhere, anytime. Getting the right people together in the right setting only happens once a year.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    hey Stuart

    i liken the 1878's to a kind-of type set with all the varieties, but it was a difficult decision to buy this coin even though it has some very nice tone and spoke!!!! funny, i now have two nicely toned Morgans, an 1878-S to go with this new coin.

    i have now fully unpacked and realize i also bought a raw 1978 Ike and a 1947-S NGC MS66 Phillipine Half-Dollar, more commonly known as a MacArthur half.

    al h.image
  • golddustingolddustin Posts: 838 ✭✭
    I had a blast today! I felt confident enough after spending time talking to dealers, witnessing other transactions, and most importantly, talking to the family of forum members (it sure helps to have friends at these events) to strike out on my own and do some wheelin and dealin'. I decided last night that if I was going to bid in the pattern auction this morning, I would have to get rid of some sets I had put together i earlier years, so I toted my Morgans and Lincolns to the show and had at it. When I found out I didn't have to pay for may auction winnings today, I reached for a few extra goodies to fill some gaps in the collection I am honing in on - Barber & Commem halves. Here goes:
    Auction wins - a 3 cent silver pattern (Judd-125) PCGS PR63 & 1870 Standard Silver 25c (Judd-888) NGC PR63 Trades/purchases: 1845 SL half no drapery (raw - dealer had it at EF+) 1892-o Barber half ANACS 61 1912 Barber half ANACS64 .........And a bunch of odds & ends that caught my eye in the $4-25 range. Oh, also purchased Charles Daughtery's new book on Lincolns and was fortunate enough to have him write a note inside and sign it, along with "Pittsburgh Aug 2004"....pretty neat! The highlight by far today was taking the time to check out the displays and exhibits presented at the entrance to the show.......quite an assortment of impressive & important coins, along with some Civil War items...a tree trunk with a canonball stuck in the middle (imagine getting hit by that projectile!) and a rifle picked up from the Gettysburg battlefield the day after the campaign. I agree with the other comments about the inferior lighting of the display cases for the 1794 dollar, the 1913 nickel, and the 1866 proof dollar (Dupont) stolen at gunpoint and later found in a non-collectors "junk-box". Very difficult to get an eyeful of any of those coins. Since I live about 20 minutes from the convention center, I will probably stop back for a couple of hours tomorrow....I'd like to pick up some PCGS wooden cases, and other supplies. For those of you outta-towners, this afternoon proved that the sun really does show it's face here in Pittsburgh every few days! Actually it turned out to be a very pleasant evening for those who put in 3 long days on the bourse..hope everybody got outside this evening and enjoyed the fresh air. My lovely wife coaxed me into a brisk 3 mile "walk" at the local high school track when I got home, or I would have posted sooner (plus 'em Stillers wuz on TV). Pictures to come soon - I'm hitting the hay for now.
    Don't you know that it's worth
    every treasure on Earth
    to be young at heart?
    And as rich as you are,
    it's much better by far,
    to be young at heart!
  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey Al: I totally agree with you on the 1878 Morgans -- sounds like you got a nice one!! image

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Purchased 2 .... pictures later. 1858 PCGS MS66 LL Flyer and a 1855 flyer large cent PCGS P66Br.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • beartracks42beartracks42 Posts: 2,834 ✭
    Purchases:

    1936-d Washington MS64
    1889-O Morgan MS63 Good upgrade potential
    1878-S Morgan MS64
    1900 Morgan MS65
    1938 Jefferson PF65
    1939 " PF65

    1997 Botanic Gardens C&C set

    Pics when I get home.

    Gary
    Gary
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