I went to the MSNS show in Dearborn yesterday
lathmach
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I got up at 5 am, showered and hit the road about 6, headed for Detroit.
I live on the West side of Michigan, so this is a 3½ hour drive.
I stopped for breakfast enroute, so the show was already going when I got there.
I went through the annex first. I was quite surprised by the size of the crowd in there, as I've been hearing so much buzz about the coin market being down.
I was looking for Seated Quarters, as that's pretty much all I collect anymore. I found the pickings pretty slim in the annex, so I went into the main ballroom where all the larger dealers are, and continued the hunt.
I saw Larry Briggs at his table, so I talked to him about the 1856 S/s Quarter I just got last week, and had him look at it.
His conclusion was that it was not a different variety, but there was some light corrosion at that spot giving it a little different look.
I had handed him another 1856 S/s quarter for comparision purposes along with this, and he wanted to buy them both from me. No way.
I'm not selling my babies.
I started going through the bourse, and came to Jade Rare Coins, and met Danaca (our "Tassa" here).
Wow, she is one sweet looking babe. Too bad I'm an old geezer.
I don't collect the Seated Dimes, but I found an 1876CC with an obverse doubled die, that also had a rotated reverse about 150°.
I thought it was neat so I bought it.
I saw Terry Searcy, a Seated Dime collector-dealer from the Upper Pennisula a couple tables down so I showed it to him. He said the rotation on this variety is fairly common, and that the coin carries a premium. I identified it last night after I came home as F-107, one of the top 100 Seated Dimes.
I had Terry look with me at an 1858 Half Dime I'd bought a bit earlier at the show, and he confirmed it was the 1858 doubled date.
I wasn't finding much in the Seated Quarters, but I did come away with an 1841-O doubled die obverse, an 1860-o broken O, 2 each 1853/4, an 1875-S Briggs 4-D, 1846, 1850-O, 1863, 1872 and an 1878. The 1878 is real common, but the dealer had it marked $5, and it was a fine, so I bought it.
I must have looked at every 1853 arrows and rays quarter there, for an example of the doubled die obverse, and all I came up with were the two 1853/4.
I went into the annex again where there was a book seller. I asked if he had a copy of the Early Dime book.
No luck. He told me I was the second person in 10 minutes to ask if he had one.
The heavy morning crowd began to thin out in the middle of the afternoon. I was getting tired, so I left for home.
I ate my supper on the road, and pulled into my driveway about 8:30 pm.
All in all, an enjoyable day.
Ray
I live on the West side of Michigan, so this is a 3½ hour drive.
I stopped for breakfast enroute, so the show was already going when I got there.
I went through the annex first. I was quite surprised by the size of the crowd in there, as I've been hearing so much buzz about the coin market being down.
I was looking for Seated Quarters, as that's pretty much all I collect anymore. I found the pickings pretty slim in the annex, so I went into the main ballroom where all the larger dealers are, and continued the hunt.
I saw Larry Briggs at his table, so I talked to him about the 1856 S/s Quarter I just got last week, and had him look at it.
His conclusion was that it was not a different variety, but there was some light corrosion at that spot giving it a little different look.
I had handed him another 1856 S/s quarter for comparision purposes along with this, and he wanted to buy them both from me. No way.
I'm not selling my babies.
I started going through the bourse, and came to Jade Rare Coins, and met Danaca (our "Tassa" here).
Wow, she is one sweet looking babe. Too bad I'm an old geezer.
I don't collect the Seated Dimes, but I found an 1876CC with an obverse doubled die, that also had a rotated reverse about 150°.
I thought it was neat so I bought it.
I saw Terry Searcy, a Seated Dime collector-dealer from the Upper Pennisula a couple tables down so I showed it to him. He said the rotation on this variety is fairly common, and that the coin carries a premium. I identified it last night after I came home as F-107, one of the top 100 Seated Dimes.
I had Terry look with me at an 1858 Half Dime I'd bought a bit earlier at the show, and he confirmed it was the 1858 doubled date.
I wasn't finding much in the Seated Quarters, but I did come away with an 1841-O doubled die obverse, an 1860-o broken O, 2 each 1853/4, an 1875-S Briggs 4-D, 1846, 1850-O, 1863, 1872 and an 1878. The 1878 is real common, but the dealer had it marked $5, and it was a fine, so I bought it.
I must have looked at every 1853 arrows and rays quarter there, for an example of the doubled die obverse, and all I came up with were the two 1853/4.
I went into the annex again where there was a book seller. I asked if he had a copy of the Early Dime book.
No luck. He told me I was the second person in 10 minutes to ask if he had one.
The heavy morning crowd began to thin out in the middle of the afternoon. I was getting tired, so I left for home.
I ate my supper on the road, and pulled into my driveway about 8:30 pm.
All in all, an enjoyable day.
Ray
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The Early Dime book is pretty hard to find. There was one on eBay a few weeks ago - it only had a couple of bidders and sold for a bit over $60.
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I hope to get there tomorrow to look at the leftovers.
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<< <i>That's a pretty nice haul for "not finding much." >>
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The services still don't always attribute them so one can still find those in holders. I've only found one, but it was an NGC MS62.
3-1/2 hours is a long haul for a stare/regional show. My hat's off to you.
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