ANA Summer Seminar Report III July 3rd

Halfhunter06

Well Session 1 is over.. and it has been an amazing ride. If there was one thing I learned in Advanced Grading its "Look carefully at the coin BEFORE you buy it!" It has already helped me when making purchases today the Colorado Springs Coin show being held this weekend. Even if a slab may say 64 or 65 be careful and examine the coin. There can be rub, hairlines, and all other sorts of things which would prevent an upgrade, a PQ standard, or even the SAME grade if resubmitted. Our closing gala was the best we ever had here. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of Daniel "Tiny" Cross we were able to raise another 3400 dollars for the YN scholarship fund when he agreed to shave his beard for at least 1400! I also won at the YN auction on Wednesday the impressions for the 1876CC 20 cent piece struck from the original dies at the Carson City Mint. (Struck in lead and aluminum) I am gathering a certificate of authenticity from the CC mint and sending them to NGC when i can to be slabbed...a terrific show and tell piece.
I had a GREAT time ion Session 1 and hope to even beat the excitement in Session 2. My only hope is that others here realize how enjoyable this is..you are literally in a "Coin World" and there is no other place like it.

MrEureka

Sounds like you had a great time!

I'm heading out to Colorado Springs in the morning for Session 2...

Justacommeman

Heading there for round two myself....a first timer............can't wait. Thank you for the reports...........MJ

astrorat

<< <i>Heading there for round two myself....a first timer............can't wait. Thank you for the reports...........MJ >>



First time...cool. A word of advice...pace yourself!

Lane

Justacommeman

no kidding....I already know that in one of my classes that my coin IQ will be the lowest by 60 pts.........

astrorat

<< <i>no kidding....I already know that in one of my classes that my coin IQ will be the lowest by 60 pts......... >>



What class(es) are you taking?

Lane

edix2001

I think the 1876 CC 20 center impressions went for $300 and $400 at the auctions last summer.

Justacommeman

I will only be there for three days. I'm taking the Larry Shepherd commems class and the John Albanese grading/CAC class. As you might have guessed commems is one of my main collecting disciplines. Larry and Gregg Bingham are my collecting mentors and frankly I don't want to say anything that will embarrass them ......just kidding, well sort of....... A lot of the big gun commem registry guys will be there and hopefully I will be able to snare a coin or two from this gathering. No matter what, I will be able to meet some of these collectors, pick their brains and put faces with names. Regardless, I'm coming open minded and I'm eager to learn. MJ

astrorat

<< <i>I will only be there for three days. I'm taking the Larry Shepherd commems class and the John Albanese grading/CAC class. As you might have guessed commems is one of my main collecting disciplines. Larry and Gregg Bingham are my collecting mentors and frankly I don't want to say anything that will embarrass them ......just kidding, well sort of....... A lot of the big gun commem registry guys will be there and hopefully I will be able to snare a coin or two from this gathering. No matter what, I will be able to meet some of these collectors, pick their brains and put faces with names. Regardless, I'm coming open minded and I'm eager to learn. MJ >>



Sounds like a great lineup. You certainly will learn a lot!

Lane

joecopper

Enjoyed the report - I missed not being there

GoldenEyeNumismatics

<< <i>Sounds like you had a great time!

I'm heading out to Colorado Springs in the morning for Session 2... >>



Your YN coin givaway was a big hit!

Halfhunter06

I also aided a buddy out today when he thought about purchasing an Indian Head Cent. After I examined it and found it to be wizzed he changed his mind. Thanks Lane for the GREAT info at your miniseminar..its already come in handy!

bidask

I will be there one day only , Sunday night for the CAC class.

TwoSides2aCoin

Would love to be there, but ... there are pressing matters.

EagleEye

The CAC seminar was very informative and very well received. John has a low voice and the mike was set to explode every time they tried to get it working.

John was basically going over his vision for CAC. The discussions were very informative to all who attended. We all got silver coins to wear down to AU-58 and a companion set of BU silver to compare them with - an AU-58 education, you might say.

Posted from the Seminar - just let out my class, now off to more fun!

edix2001

One of the Houston coin club scholarship winners wrote me that he had the pleasure to enjoy time with Rick Snow at the Lunar Lounge. He'll return to Houston and give an educational presentation to the club on Indian cents in August.

messydesk

Sounds like fun. Post some pics of the 76-CC 20c. Sounds way cool!

edix2001

Here's a link to photos of last year's 76 cc 20 cent impressions and the actual dies:
The Conservation of Carson City Mint dies

coinkat

good to hear you are having a great time