fongu
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Last Saturday I went to my first coin show and it was wonderful. Met a lot of nice people and didn't get to stay as long as I wanted, but had a wonderful time. This was in Perry, Ga at the Ga. National Fair area and I never saw so much gold and silver. Saw some old gold pocket watches, stamps, meteorites, fossils, coin supplies, jewelry. Saw some silver dollars from Carson City Mint, but no dimes. Saw several 1858 flying eagle cents, but no 1856 or 1857. One vendor said he sold the only 1856 flying eagle cent he had for $15,000 a few weeks or months ago. Indian heads, large cents, half dimes, seated, barber and mercury dimes and other coins and foreign coins. I didn't know the gold dollar coins were so small. They looked bigger in my red book & blue book. They could pass right thru the holes in my scoop. While it's so cold and I can't do any metal detecting, I plan to modify my scoop with some 1/4 inch hardware cloth. Been planning to do it, but will make the time to do it now. I met two people who metal detected at the show, but had to leave early because something I ate at the show made me sick. The half dimes were small, also and I saw some half-cents. There is a larger show in Atlanta in the last week of February and first week of March and the guy at the numismatic booth said they would have some educational classes and I hope I can make it. 60 years old and enjoying myself with my first coin show and hope to visit many more. I wish I had taken my 2 detectors with me. I asked some of the vendors if they would have let me scanned some of the gold coins and several said, heck yeah. Real nice people.
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