Coins We Love: Midwinter Musings
Oh Savannah! Don’t Youback-to-back Cry for Me…oh sorry. At least I was close.
I’ve been looking for my park bench in the old part of town this week to find a box of chocolates, but no luck yet. Seriously though, Savannah has proven to be an interesting city. It’s not one that I’ve spent much time in, but it does remind me strongly of its neighbor to the north, Charleston, SC. The trees in the parks are beautiful, the moss is gorgeous and there’s a slight chill in the air for the end of winter. The lovely, brand new convention center is directly across the water from the old city so we look forward to some brief visits across the water in the evenings.
Unfortunately, the timing of the event has raised a few issues. As a pair of major shows plopped dates after the ANA’s choosing, which caused there to be three major shows in three weeks, many were forced to choose between the three shows this month. We ultimately chose to attend this event and will be in Baltimore next week as well. While we fear it will likely reduce the intensity of the shows individually, we’ll be fine and will just combine the results to see how all of this works out. But, if you’ll be in BALTIMORE next week, please let us know what you’d like us to bring! We’ll have new coins at both events and will certainly vary the selection for those who can’t make back-to-back treks!
As far as Savannah goes, everyone seems to be pleased to be here, and we’re looking forward to exploring a little more. Tuesday evening, we had our first dinner at a local restaurant called the Pirate’s House. Little did we know it was a little bit of a combination of family-friendly pirate-themed dinner, an above-average and creative menu, and an interesting juxtaposition of servers/pirates who were occasionally threatening, but mostly friendly and fully entertaining, all housed in what they claim is part of the oldest house in Georgia. Our little crew of coin people, including a friend who is an expert in Mexican coinage, enjoyed the pirate-themed menus and the fake 8 Reales sprinkled throughout the restaurant displays. Honestly, it was one of the more fun dinners I’ve had in recent trips because of the delightful variety of experiences and wonderful company.
Oh yeah…the coins. We did run into two really cool deals so far at the show! One from a longtime supplier of ours from the West who had a REALLY neat Proof Morgan and a beautiful 1877 20 Cent Proof, both CAC-stickered. The other was a smaller dealer's group of colonials from a deal that JC had set up before our arrival. Then today we had a Wreath Cent and an 1826/5 $2.5 walk up to the table, both with CAC stickers. Crazy! You truly never know when the coins are going to show up or who is going to have them! That’s why we travel so much (and are here so long), because the next coin deal might even show up at your dinner table.
For now, we’ll keep plugging away at the Savannah show to see where things take us! Hopefully, a few more coins show up that we can write more about next week! We hope that you enjoy this week’s offerings, and we look forward to working with you!
Numismatically Yours,
John Brush and Your Friends at DLRC
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