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December 12, 2011: Stream of Coin-sciousness

While the weather here in New England has been surprisingly mild of late, business has been anything but. In fact, this has been, so far, our busiest November...

November 15-19, 2011: The Whitman Baltimore Expo

November 15th: Day 1 The good news is that I slept very well in preparation for today’s trip to Baltimore. The bad news is that I was doing...

November 10-12, 2011: The Bay State Show & C4 Convention in Boston, MA

Prologue: Ah yes, after one major snow storm, some extended power outage, followed by some impressive Indian summer with temperatures reaching almost 70 degrees (during which your author...

October 12-15, 2011: The ANA National Money Show in Pittsburgh, PA

October 12th: Day 1 Optimistically, I headed down to the hotel lobby on Wednesday morning, walked briskly out the front door and stepped directly into a fine mist...

September 23, 2011: Stream of Coin-sciousness

Now that we have a few week lull between shows in Pennsylvania, it seems an excellent time to address the following question: Why do we have two shows...

August 7, 2011: An Official Redbook Contributor

E. M. of Farmington, MI emailed recently to ask what that red and white square symbol on our home page means. And since I (DW) have always wanted...

September 14-17, 2011: The Whitman Philadelphia Expo

Prologue Since we just got back from Long Beach, and I have spent most of the time since then unpacking a suitcase whose handle was ripped clean off...

September 7-10, 2011: The Long Beach Coin & Currency Expo

Prologue: Good afternoon Road Report reader, It should by now be obvious that team CRO was not in California for the festivities (i.e. coin auctions) at Goldberg’s, instead...

August 13-20, 2011: The ANA World’s Fair of Money in Rosemont, IL

Prologue: Good morning coin collector, coin dealer, industry professional or someone who has just found us accidentally while doing a Google search for “Coin Operated Laundry in Rosemont,...