My pocket piece=small world adventure
mapleman
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So, I'm at dinner with my wife and eight other travelers in a rather elegant but somewhat aged hotel on lake Maggiore in Stresa,Italy when she asks if I have any Euros to purchase some wine. All I had was my pocket 86 Morgan which I jokingly proffered. The person on my left exclaims that's a Morgan Etc. Etc. It was the member here @Prethen travelling with his lovely wife on the same Italian tour. Needless to say we spent that evening and a lot more time discussing coins and all. Next day we were in Lugano Switzerland where I attempted to buy some bullion and gold coins to no avail as the premiums were way to high to warrant even a souvenir. @Prethen found another coin dealer but did not buy as well. We then merrily travelled to Venice, Assisi, Sorrento, Capri and Pompeii talking coins and bullion before returning to Rome for our {same} flight back to Philadelphia.
Small world isn't it?
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WOW!
You can't make this up!
But did you ever get the wine?
Indeed we did, The table chipped in and although a little fuzzy to me I believe we had two more. LOL
Serendipity could best describe it, methinks.
Small world (in another country) and finding a fellow coin collector AND a CU member...
...get some lotto tickets @mapleman!
Great story, Mapleman.
Sounds like a wonderful experience
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@mapleman showing us some serious self control, not buying a single coin. Lovely trip none the less. Peace Roy
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Great story..... Truly serendipitous.....Interesting about the high prices though....Cheers, RickO
Good idea!
It was great meeting up with a fellow numismatist! It's actually a fairly rare experience for me to meet anyone who likes to discuss coins much less is serious about collecting them!
And that's why I come here- where it's not so rare. Neat story!
It truly was....