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October 9-11, 2009: Coinfest in Stamford, CT

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...

September 27th, 2009: We Have a Winner(s)!

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...

September 22-26, 2009: The Whitman Philadelphia Expo

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 4-12, 2009: The Long Beach Coin & Currency Expo

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...

August 31, 2009: CRO’s ‘August by the Numbers’

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...

August 3-9, 2009: The ANA World’s Fair of Money in Los Angeles, CA

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...

July 11, 2009: The Mentor-ist

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...

June 25-27, 2009: The MidAmerica Coin Expo in Schaumburg, IL

Thursday: Aaaah the MidAmerica – notable for its fine location at the Renaissance Hotel here in scenic Schaumburg, Illinois, and also for the fact that at this show...

June 10-13, 2009: The Whitman Baltimore Expo

Prologue: Greetings fellow numismatist! (Though I have recently learned that our readership includes non-numismatists as well – ranging from those who like travelogues to people who are simply...