Went to a show with the family ...

mirabela

My son has developed a pretty good nose for this. We spent an hour or so looking at the Devens, MA show today. He was looking for either a $2.50 Lib or a $5 in the 350-ish range he'd saved for all year. I wasn't hunting very intensely but figured if I found a type date $2.50 Lib with a look I liked I might be a buyer, as it's been a while since I've had anything filling that slot in my set. I was about to hang it up when he called me over to a table I hadn't gotten a good look at before because another dealer had basically spread out a lawn sale situation all over the guy's cases while they worked on a deal. Son had located a beautiful, original skinned 'quake year 1906-S half eagle in NGC 58 at a very reasonable price, which he happily bought -- and it was framed on each side by nice original quarter eagles. I wound up buying one, a sweet 1907 in 63 with a satiny halo.

That'll probably be the year's big pickup for each of us. Always nice to spend a morning basking in the hobby.

golden

Sounds like you had fun.

BryceM

Nice. Fun memories.

thebeav

That's fun all right. Your son must have a pretty good eye, er ah nose, already, huh?

Walkerfan

I love to hear stories like this. Sounds like a great afternoon.

mariner67

It is great you are sharing this hobby with your son...you are lucky!
Congrats on the newps!

sadysta1

Good job. I was there too!!!

hchcoin

Building great memories!

BLUEJAYWAY

Sounds like a good day. And looks like you both "struck" gold.

ricko

They sound like nice gold coins.... and you had a pleasant day at a coin show with your son... Hard to beat that combination... Cheers, RickO

shish

Great story, can you post pictures?

TopographicOceans

Very cool way to spend some family time together.

COINS MAKE CENTS

Sounds great! Always nice to share time with the family and the hobby together

mirabela

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Here's the quarter eagle, shot in an unflattering light. It's actually really pretty.

Here's the half eagle.