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November 19, 2009:  Day 1 Here are the good things about the Bay State Show: 1.   It’s ‘local’ for us, so we don’t have to take a 5...

Well, sort of. I was selected once again to be the official Coin & Currency appraiser for CPTV’s Connecticut Treasure Hunt Appraisal Fair, an annual event held this...

November 9th:  Day 1  It was a typically early start this Monday, as your author woke up at 3:03 AM, put the dog out without getting bitten even...

Prologue: Excitedly, Dave and I are in the last stages of preparation for tomorrow’s start of Coinfest, a process which includes doing laundry, sorting out inventory, unfurling the...

We say ‘winner(s)’ because there are two.  In the first annual CRO "What Does the ‘L’ Counterstamp Stand for on the 1825 Quarter?" contest, that is. We thought...

Prologue In just a few minutes we’ll be officially on the road (again), heading down to the first ever Philadelphia Coin & Currency Expo (and the associated Bowers...

September 3rd:  Prologue This is when it is really fun for us. No, not the getting up early, packing our suitcases for the umpteenth time this year, saying...

Just 1:  Coin shows we attended. 44:  CRO checks written there. 4 Big Boxes:  Quantity of NEWPs sent out for photography from the show. 17:  The number of...

Prologue: I know what some of you are thinking.  You’re thinking, “Hey, the Stack’s and Heritage pre-ANA auctions started last week, and you guys didn’t post anything about...

More Numismatic Non-Fiction By Dave Wnuck Have you ever heard someone described as a ‘natural’ in numismatics?  I have – usually referring to a person who seems to...