Show report - Nebraska Numismatic Association show.

EagleEye

At the behest of CoinHusker, I am going to the NNA show this weekend in Omaha. at the ANA Summer Seminar I won a Vault Tour to the Byron Reed collection at the Western Heritage Museum. I'll be taking the tour on Monday.

shorecoll

Rick...here on the East Coast, most people think Nebraska is a fictional concept only used in naming football teams...I think it's the same on the West Coast, so I guess only mid-western dealers will be there.

ModCrewman

Fantastic!!

I'm going tomorrow with my 13 year old son...I believe a photo with Rick Snow may be in order!

That just made my day Rick...(man that officially makes me a coin geek doesn't it?)

TwoSides2aCoin

Ahrensdad

Not going, but I will likely get to see the Huskers pound on my MN Gophers this weekend.

EagleEye

So I arrived in Omaha yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to find the same weather that I left in Tucson - sunny and 70 degrees! Being here in fly-over country is always a pleasure. Everyone is so friendly. Here is a "meteor" we saw at sunset. (It is actually one of those fly-overs).



I was picked up at the airport by Mitch (coinhusker) who is also the president of both the Omaha Coin Club and the Nebraska Numismatic Association. He drives a Smart car which he won in a local drawing. It gets as many second-looks as a Lamborgini would. We stopped by the Missouri River to survey the damage done by the summer floods which are just now fully receded. There is evidence of the flood everywhere.






We had a wonderful dinner at Mitch's house. His wife, Kim and son, Samuel (Notlogical) made Beef bourguignon from Julia Child's cookbook. It was awesome!

The show started today and it has been fairly busy. There are 40 dealers.

TwoSides2aCoin

Excellent. See ya soon.

WTCG

Even Rick called Nebraska "flyover country". How come nobody gives him heat for using that term?

I went to that show last year and this year looks busier than last year.

jedm

To let you in on what it's like for those of us lucky enough to have been born and raised here in "flyover country" to hear someone say that would be similar to having been let in on one of the best secrets you have ever heard and then someone saying that they can't figure out why you're always in such a good mood. So that is not going to bother us in the least.

curly

Alright Rick! Nice pics. I like pics like these, make me wish I could be there. Looking forward to a report.

FootballCrazy

Currently live here in The Peoples Republic of Maryland, but if I ever hit the lottery I am going to move to "fly over land" never to be heard from again. I told my wife I would buy a big piece of land with a long driveway, burn all of my suits, buy 7 pairs of overalls and a John Deere Tractor! When she asked "How long of a driveway?", I said "15 minutes". She thought I said 15 feet and when I explained to her she said "Well I do not want to live in a place like that." Man I'm going to miss her if I win the lottery!

ModCrewman

It was great to meet Rick today, we caught him during a down time and probably spent 15 minutes visiting with him. I thought it was a decent show, I'm not sure there were as many tables as last year, but I had a bit more buying focus than I did at last year's show.

Here's a picture of my son Dylan and me with ever cordial Rick Snow.

Walkerguy21D

Love that meteor shot! Looks like a nice mid-sized show, the kind you find some nice deals at.
I used to live in OH, part of the flyover country, as some would say. Now I live in FL, and there are plenty of folks
who badmouth that state as well. Home is where you make it.

Lakesammman

Looks like a good time. Was there 2 weeks ago but couldn't hang around for the show. Thanks for the report and enjoy the Reed tour!

crypto79

<< <i>Even Rick called Nebraska "flyover country". How come nobody gives him heat for using that term?
. >>



Because it is to expansive to drive through?

dorancoins

<< <i>So I arrived in Omaha yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to find the same weather that I left in Tucson - sunny and 70 degrees! Being here in fly-over country is always a pleasure. Everyone is so friendly. Here is a "meteor" we saw at sunset. (It is actually one of those fly-overs).



I was picked up at the airport by Mitch (coinhusker) who is also the president of both the Omaha Coin Club and the Nebraska Numismatic Association. He drives a Smart car which he won in a local drawing. It gets as many second-looks as a Lamborgini would. We stopped by the Missouri River to survey the damage done by the summer floods which are just now fully receded. There is evidence of the flood everywhere.






We had a wonderful dinner at Mitch's house. His wife, Kim and son, Samuel (Notlogical) made Beef bourguignon from Julia Child's cookbook. It was awesome!

The show started today and it has been fairly busy. There are 40 dealers.




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Looked like it was a good show. Great report, Rick.

So Mitch drives a Smart car - as a fan of small-sized cars (compact, sub-compact, mini, and micro), I envy him. Of all the cars that I would like to test-drive, the Smart car is on the top of the list. Mind you, I own a 2003 VW New Beetle after owning a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan for over 8 years.

WTCG

Considering the spacious confines of those Smart cars did Rick or did his luggage ride on the hood of the car?

CoinHusker

Thanks for the report and pictures Rick. I'll have to wear that shirt in the smart car picture more often!

It's been a good show weekend so far. After I picked Rick up at the airport I drove him over to his hotel to get settled in before coming over to our place for dinner. We stopped by our neighborhood grocery store on the way home and picked up a six pack of Dos Equis. It was through that store and 7-UP that my wife won our smart car. When we walked in the store one the employee's said, "Did you drive the 'Grand Prize' today?" My wife made Julia Child's Beof Bourguignon for dinner. The entire family gathered around the table to enjoy this treat of having Rick visit us in Omaha.


He joined us for our monthly meeting of the Omaha Coin Club as we took the opportunity to set up the room for the show the following day.


Attendance for the show was good considering it was raining and a game day for Nebraska with the game on TV. My kids (notlogical on the left) helped with the club table. Our raffle drawing collected over $300 the first day so we were happy with that.


Immediately after the show, we had the Nebraska Numismatic Association annual meeting at our dinner location, Venice Inn in Omaha which is a classic Italian Omaha steak house. Again, Rick was there and offered invaluable insight and ideas for helping our struggling state organization find itself in the 21st century. It was nice having someone give us ideas from an "outside" perspective.


The dinner itself was well attended. I had received reservations for 19 but ended up with 30 in attendance.


Our speaker for the night was Carrie Wieners, curator of the Durham Museum in Omaha. Her enthusiasm for her charge of caring for the Byron Reed collection and her love for history was evident throughout her presentation on the "Books, manuscripts and documents of the Reed Collection".


At the close of the evening I had the opportunity to recognize Carrie for her willingness to open up this marvelous collection again to the numismatic community by offering vault tours, etc. by giving her the NNA Numismatic Ambassador Award.


Today is day 2 of the show. We're looking forward to having another good day.

CoinHusker

<< <i>Considering the spacious confines of those Smart cars did Rick or did his luggage ride on the hood of the car? >>



Actually it is much roomier that it looks.

1tommy

Excellant show report and thanks for the pictures. Nice to get to see the faces of those who post her. Wonder if mitch is a member of ols or did he win the car local? Nice ride. Nice to see Don(modcrewman) and the son, its always good to see the young taking interest in this hobby. Thanks again for sharing Enjoy the Day

shorecoll

This is all around a very cool report.

greghansen

My kind of coin show. Thanks for the report and inspiration.

Walkerguy21D

Nice additional photos and info - great report, and huge kudos to Rick for spending so much time and effort helping make
your club and the show a success

EagleEye

The show was pretty fun, with good attendence. It goes on today as well. Here is Emily, the security guard:



The dinner/meeting was enjoyable. We had Carrie Weiners from the Durham Museum give a great talk about Byron Reed.



Reed was an abolitionist who escaped the Kansas wars in the early 1850's to settle in Omaha. He made his fortune running the Land Office when the frontier beyond the Missouri River opened up to settlers.

EagleEye

Here is Quent Hansen. He works for ANACS here at the show. He is also a Fly-In club member and submitted seven new varieties for my book,




A collector stopped by with a Gobrecht dollar cut-out. He also had a 1856 Flying Eagle with a hole in it.




The show is well attended today. Since it is a Saturday/Sunday show, Sunday is usually the best day of the show.

TwoSides2aCoin

There are some good coins in them cases out there. And if you want to feel like you're part of a family... well, we Nebraskans like our neighbors. Hope the trip was worth it for you, sir... and don't let security scare you off. Consider it "Security Plus".

DorkGirl

Thanks for the report. I just love the security guard!!

CoinHusker

Well, the show's over and the winner of the Grand Prize of the raffle was......drum roll..........Rick Snow! A tenth ounce gold proof eagle. Goes to show ya, that karma thing really works.

golfer72

Great report! I always enjoy pics of other states (and shows) i have not been to. Looked like a great show.

crypto79

The Fix was in no doubt One of the better reports I have read on the board, thanks



<< <i>Well, the show's over and the winner of the Grand Prize of the raffle was......drum roll..........Rick Snow! A tenth ounce gold proof eagle. Goes to show ya, that karma thing really works. >>

ThePennyLady

Rick and Mitch, Wow! What a very informative, entertaining, and interesting show/adventure! Of course, I love all the pictures of the places, events, and people - thanks for taking the time to share this with all of us.

ModCrewman

I should add that after having a 1909-S Indian from my late father's collection returned as questionable authenticity from PCGS last spring, I had Rick take a look at a few other key date Lincolns that were in my father's collection and thankfully he was able to give his opinion that they were indeed authentic. So that was a nice perk to having a chance to visit with Rick at a smaller show.

I did see notlogical at the show, and said hi to him, but I'm not sure if he remembered me from when I'd introduced myself to him at last year's show.

notlogical

No, I didn't remember who you (ModCrewman) were, but thank you for remembering me. It sure was a good show and it was fun to have Rick there. I am so glad that the weather was good too. Last night we had Rick over for dinner one last time and it was very interesting listening to him talk about all of the cool stuff in the Byron Reed collection.

123cents

Love the photos and report!