ikaros Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Day Three was a low-purchase day. In tow: my roommate's son CJ, who, given a choice between helping his dad with the laundry and going with me to the coin show, wisely chose the latter. The objective--try to spot (or be spotted by) Burks on minimal information. Failed that part. Ah, well. Glad to hear he had a good time, tho. After advising CJ that touching things would be a really bad idea, we went in noonish and hit the exhibitions first. Myself, I voted for the 1956 world set for the People's Choice. CJ had no preference, and ten bucks from his dad just burning a hole in his pocket. That pretty much ruled out the five $10,000 bills on display as his goodie of the day, but they pretty seriously rocked his world. Set mine swaying, too--I thought I might see one, but I didn't expect to see five in one display. Whurf! Showed him Gallery Mint making coins--they had both the screw press and the hammer going at the same time, which was cool. Somewhere along the way, I advised him that the reason to get into coins is because you like them, not because you're trying to make money on them--because, as the title says, it scratches an itch. Well, let's be honest. He was getting kinda bored by me stopping to ooo over the pretty coins, but I had an ulterior motive--I was also looking for a quarter bin. Found one. He dove in and found a bunch of space-related coins and had to have them. Heh. Caught another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 How old is CJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted May 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 How old is CJ? Eleven last weekend--curiously, the same age I first got into coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Sounds like you and CJ had a great visit at the show. Did he enjoy getting some of the handouts like the GMM tokens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Sounds like you and CJ had a great visit at the show. Did he enjoy getting some of the handouts like the GMM tokens? I think he was more fascinated by the process than the result, actually. The Gallery Mint folks do produce "error" coins--clipped, multiple strikes, etc--which I suggested should be called "deliberates", but the gent I was talking to said that as long as he says "oops" after each one, it's officially an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Burks Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Sadly I wasn't able to go again. I really wanted to but fishing until 3 A.M. and an eye infection kept me at home . Glad you snagged another collector though. It's always nice to see someone who will carry on the coin collecting hobby. Maybe his love of space-related coins will branch out. Seems to be a good number of science orianted coins/note/medals out there. I forgot to mention the exhibits. I voted for the one explaining every part of the dollar bill. It was well thought out and put together. We all pulled out our money and started checking it There were many cool exhibits there. I admire their hard work and guts displaying some really amazing coins/notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Glad you snagged another collector though. It's always nice to see someone who will carry on the coin collecting hobby. Maybe his love of space-related coins will branch out. Seems to be a good number of science orianted coins/note/medals out there. It very well could. He likes poking through my collection, and he is doing the SQ series. I think he might make a go of a space set, which would be very cool. I've also been one-upped by him already. He's always liked my Apollo XIV medallion minted from a melt that includes silver that went to the moon on that mission (example here). I got mine for $10 and was very happy about that. He found one for $2. And of course had to rub it in. I forgot to mention the exhibits. I voted for the one explaining every part of the dollar bill. It was well thought out and put together. We all pulled out our money and started checking it There were many cool exhibits there. I admire their hard work and guts displaying some really amazing coins/notes. I ended up voting for the 1956 world set because it's so close to one of my interests. Honestly, though, it was a narrow call between that and the Cedar Point tokens. Haven't been to CP in probably 25 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 I got mine for $10 and was very happy about that. He found one for $2. And of course had to rub it in. Haven't been to CP in probably 25 years now. Awesome! Good bargain hunter there. This is the first year in probably a decade my family hasn't bought season passes to CP. With college I can't go. Sister works too much. Dad is trying to work all he can before a GM shut down/lay off. Our goal this year is to visit a few parks we haven't been to in years. CP gets boring after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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