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I’d like to begin today by giving kudos to my hard-working New England coin dealer brethren, many of whom worked a full day at the Whitman Coin Expo in...

Prologue: Aaaaaaaaand we’re off, to Baltimore of course, for what we expect to be a fun-filled 4 days in the Inner Harbor during which we will be looking...

Prologue: Greetings coin collector, coin speculator, coin dealer, Ebay seller, professional grader, sticker applier, show organizer, auction coordinator, postal clerk, graphic designer, insurance agent (and any other category...

Ah yes, June, the official start of meteorological summer and an inevitable slow down in the coin business. Right? Well, that’s what I was always told when I...

Great news everyone, it is time to recap the month of April numerically: 4 and a Half: Coin shows attended (one was a wrap-around that started in March)....

After a several week stretch away from the coin circuit, we were excited to be back at it today at our local show. Where this time we’d be...

Prologue: Almost unbelievably, we’re off again on another adventure, this time to the pleasant, always successful, extremely enjoyable, totally self-contained (i.e. my accommodations and the show are under...

When the Devens show alarm went off at 5:30 AM on Sunday I confess that I seriously considered either smashing it with a heavy numismatic book, or, alternatively,...

Prologue: Has it really been since September of 2013 that we’ve been to a coin show in the City of Brotherly Love?  Apparently yes, at least according to...

April 4th:  Day 1 Yes, we enjoy the coin circuit. But we have to admit that the consistent visits to the same cities over and over again (e.g....