Dimeman's FUN show report....Day 3.....

DIMEMAN · January 10, 2019 7:09PM

Day 1 (Thursday) - Well I got to the building bright and early think I parked close being in the right parking lot and everything. Boy was I wrong. I walked and walked finally getting to the show it's self......hoping I could find my car at the end of the day (which I did), Anyway the first thing I did was meet our very own CrazyHoundDog Joe at the PCGS table spent probably an hour or so talking to Joe and his son Joe and Heather Boyd...very enjoyable. Then I hunted down our very own insider2! Had a long talk with him on coins...varieties and grading. He is a very knowledgeable and very nice guy. By this time it was 2:00 and I hadn't looked at a coin yet....I was getting the shakes. So to lighten my briefcase I dropped off 30 coins at Great Collections to be entered in their auction. So now the hunt began. I started on row 100 working up towards the bigger numbers. Along the way I met BarberKeys and had a good talk. Then stopped by Pat Vetters table and looked at all of his Mercs which were nice, but no varieties. I then met and talked to amworld….always nice to talk coins with him. By this time it was getting late in the day and BINGO I made my first find....a 1943-S Trumpet Tale in the wild PCGS66FB this will upgrade my PCGS65 after I get it attributed. I then skipped over to find the PenneyLady's table looking for a 1972 DDO for my Variety Type set, but she was not there so I will revisit her tomorrow. I then went to a friends table and found what I thind is a Washie variety in the wild a 1950-D PCGS66+ nice color. I think it is the 801 DDR, I will have to check it out against the coin in Coinfacts. That's it for the day.....sorry for the ramble.

Hemispherical · January 10, 2019 7:12PM

Thanks for the Day 1 report @DIMEMAN.

sparky64 · January 10, 2019 7:22PM

Excellent report Dimeman. It's like I was there.
Looking forward to tomorrow.

Smudge · January 10, 2019 7:33PM

Thanks, keep em coming please.

Hallco · January 10, 2019 7:33PM

Awesome 1st day DM!! To quote a great rock song....."Ramble on"!

Paradisefound · January 10, 2019 7:45PM

Thank you for the report

KeithMS70 · January 10, 2019 7:50PM

Haha pretty darn good. I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s report.

PTVETTER · January 10, 2019 7:54PM

It great seeing you.
Sorry I didn’t have any Verities for you.
Enjoyed talking with you hope tomorrow you find a diamond in the rough!

HeatherBoyd · January 10, 2019 8:30PM

Great meeting you @DIMEMAN

Swampboy · January 10, 2019 8:45PM

Great report
Not a ramble at all

Hope to bump into a few more forumites tomorrow.

Walked 2.9 miles.
Goodnight

amwldcoin · January 10, 2019 9:04PM

Nice seeing and talking again as well! Glad you found your car!!! You gonna wait for the shuttle bus tomorrow?

Tibor · January 10, 2019 9:07PM

Great report. Let us know about the Washie var.
Thanks

DIMEMAN · January 10, 2019 9:14PM

@Tibor said:
Great report. Let us know about the Washie var.
Thanks

Pretty sure the Washie is a bust. Not the 801 DDR. But it's a beautiful coin and I need the regular 50-D so it's OK.

I am 200% positive on the Dime and it's a real nice coin and upgrade.

AuroraBorealis · January 10, 2019 9:15PM

Nice report thank you!

rln_14 · January 10, 2019 9:38PM

Thanks for the rambling report

1Mike1 · January 11, 2019 2:43AM

Yea good report. I think you found your calling in writing FUN reports.

thisistheshow · January 11, 2019 7:30AM

Thanks for the report @DIMEMAN I would love to get there someday, as I have only ever been to very small local stuff. And meeting up with fellow board members sounds good too.

ricko · January 11, 2019 8:41AM

Thanks for the report.... interesting finds... too bad the quarter was not 'the one'....Cheers, RickO

asheland · January 11, 2019 11:49AM

Great report!

cmerlo1 · January 11, 2019 11:53AM

Nice finds! 1943-S Trumpet Tails are TOUGH.

DIMEMAN · January 11, 2019 6:41PM

@cmerlo1 said:
Nice finds! 1943-S Trumpet Tails are TOUGH.

Yes and it is a beautiful PCGS66FB! That made my day.

DIMEMAN · January 11, 2019 6:51PM

Day 2 - Pretty uneventful as far as coins go. I marked down some to revisit tomorrow. I did enjoy the PCGS Luncheon with Joe and Joey. Then after the show a bunch of us got together as planned.

Tomorrow I will send in my finds to PCGS for attribution and look at some coins I am considering. Then head over to Sarasota and join my lovely wife for a few days and then back to Illinois.

I had a great show with CrazyHoundDog Joe and his son Joey. They sure have a lot of work to go through to rebuild their lives. But I am sure they will make it!

Hemispherical · January 11, 2019 7:03PM

Thanks for day 2. Long days. Pennylady?

RichieURich · January 11, 2019 7:09PM

Nice show report, and it was great to see you at the show!

DIMEMAN · January 11, 2019 7:09PM

@Hemispherical said:
Thanks for day 2. Long days. Pennylady?

I looked at PennyLady's 72 DDO's, but she didn't have the grade and color I am after...…...PCGS64RB.

mannie gray · January 11, 2019 9:28PM

@DIMEMAN said:

@Hemispherical said:
Thanks for day 2. Long days. Pennylady?

I looked at PennyLady's 72 DDO's, but she didn't have the grade and color I am after...…...PCGS64RB.

There are a few really nice 64RBs out there....and in that grade it is a pretty good value, IMHO.

johnny9434 · January 12, 2019 9:51AM

thanks for the cool post dimeman. its good to hear stuff on whats going on

DIMEMAN · January 13, 2019 1:36PM

Day 3 was a short day for as I had already hit every table by the end of Friday. This show was just not as big as the usual FUN show. There were 12 isle's of tables as compared to a normal 20-22. The room was small at this years site and a lot of dealers were turned away. Anyway I did pick up a Baby Dime 1837/7 LM-1 PCGS45 CAC from Gerry Fortin that I had looked at earlier in the show. I submitted 2 Dimes to PCGS for variety attribution. I also had John (messydesk) take pics of 2 coins for me. I took a second look at a 1936-D Quarter PCGS62. It was very pretty for a 62, but had the hits that limited it to the 62 grade....so I passed. At this time it was about 2:30 and I was done.....so I headed to Sarasota where my wife and family were waiting for me. My wife and me will spend about a week here doing Florida stuff and then head back home to Illinois.

All in all it was a good show. I spent probably a hour or so twice with @Insider2 and learned a LOT. He is a very nice guy once you get to know him . I enjoyed meeting him and many other forum members. I hope the forum get together becomes a regular part of the show.

Hemispherical · January 13, 2019 1:46PM

@dimeman From F.U.N. to fun. Be safe on the travel back to IL.

Sandman70gt · January 13, 2019 5:16PM

Dimeman-
Congrats on the trumpet tail. Great pickup, 66fb is top pop!! 2/0.
Way to go!!
CF only shows 4 in fb, yours will make 5.

Scootersdad · January 13, 2019 6:18PM

Glad you had a good show, I planned on saying hello to Insider 2. I walked by their table several times he seemed very busy as he was either behind the microscope to talking to somebody everytime.

DIMEMAN · January 13, 2019 6:51PM

@Scootersdad said:
Glad you had a good show, I planned on saying hello to Insider 2. I walked by their table several times he seemed very busy as he was either behind the microscope to talking to somebody everytime.

One of them might have been me.