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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Coin Show!

Tim A. Cummins @ 9:14 pm  

Started out kind of cold weather this morning.
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I had a fun time today at the National Money Show with Carl Barrington.
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Lots of interesting things to see and learn about including a family in California that discovered rusty cans full of gold coins on their land while they were walking their dog!
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One coin alone is worth more than a million dollars!
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In fact they said there was over a billion dollars represented in the room.
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I liked the US Department of Treasury display.
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Ways they made the $100 note harder to forge.
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Theodore Roosevelt is my favorite president. I like his coins.
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I liked this colonial Georgia money.
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Money was raised to fix up the lighthouse on Tybee Island: one of my favorite places!
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Confederate money was from this area.
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Never too many Gatlin Guns.
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I watched them stamp coins.
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This could have been one of the 30 pieces of silver given to Judas.
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This much money was only traded between banks.
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These were the two rarest, most expensive coins. Both were in the millions of dollars. One was only a nickle!
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Enjoyed watching one of the printers make awards for veterans.
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I liked this bison money.
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This was from the colony of Massachusetts before it became part of the USA.
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I didn’t spend much today. We got into the show for free. I bought a 1/2 Shekel from Israel. I liked the minora.
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And a seal signet ring from the Franklin Mint in Philadelphia. I love anything Franklin. Only $5 for both.
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There was a table of fossils. Way overpriced compared to the fossil show.
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Filled up with gas on the way home.
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Came home and watched the Middle with Kathy. She was pooped and kept falling asleep. I just sent her to bed.

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