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Wow, the parking lot was full! This shot was taken on
Saturday around noon time, and you can see that there were very few open
spots left. Overall the show was very well attended. |
| Step right up and sign in, folks! Two smiling
faces (Virginia Bourke left and Dorothy Baber right) were greeting people and clearing the runway for the public's
entrance into the wonderful world of the Golden State Coin Show. |
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Phil Iversen smilingly opened the show... |
| ...which you can see was as jam-packed as the
parking lot. A sold-out bourse of 55 tables delighted the attendees. <click
here for a list of dealers> |
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While many of the adults were browsing the bourse floor,
David and Nancy Nichols (from San Diego) worked the "Coins for
Kids" table. What a hit this attraction was. There were piles of
coins for kids to touch and look at, games to play, a try at state quarter
design, free goodies, and lots of other activities for the youngsters. |
| Here are a son and dad connecting over a big
pile of Lincoln cents. Do you think they found the 1909 VDB? (There was
one put in the pile, you know.) |
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What would any coin show be without exhibits? Here's one of
Bill Grant's three cases detailing Charles Lindbergh material. He won
three awards for this exhibit, most notably the "Best of Show". |
| Winner of the "People's Choice"
award was this exhibit by Bill Nash entitled, "A Bad 'Error'
Day". Bill put together a very impressive display of every imaginable
type of error coin. He had laminations, a mule, off-center, double struck,
split planchets, and tons more. You name it, he brought it! There were
three cases of these interesting little beauties. |
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On Saturday night many of us attended the Awards Banquet
arranged by Joyce Kuntz. It was held poolside at the Holiday Inn in
Arcadia. Quite a treat, we enjoyed a menu including fruit salad with honey
yogurt dressing, steak and chicken, vegetable medley, roasted seasoned
potatoes, all topped off with a fruit and ice cream dessert. Yum! |
| Here at the Awards Banquet, Don and Terry
Foster prepatorially set out the awards to be given away that evening.
They worked closely with Nona and George Moore to put this eclectic
selection together. |
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American Numismatic Association (ANA) CFO, Ruthann Brettell
acted as our Master of Ceremonies and regaled us with her amusing story of
life in the ANA with "Tales of Ruthann Brettell and the ANA".
Thanks for the treat, Ruthann. |
| One of the highlights of the evening was
learning that Gary Beedon was the recipient of the Numismatic News
Numismatic Ambassador Award, here being presented by Dorothy Baber. Gary
has been a selfless and seemingly tireless volunteer, helping steer our
association through many years of service. |
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"Show me the money!" Here's the golden gleaming
goodies that were the focus of many people's attention Sunday afternoon. I
left before these 35 gold coins were each awarded to some lucky ticket
holder, but I'll bet each of the winners were delighted. <click
here for a complete list.> |
| In closing, I noticed this
memorial to Ethel Lenhert that was set up by Joyce Kuntz just inside the entrance to the
show. Ethel was
an important part of the NASC scene for many years and just recently
passed away. You can read Tom Fitzgerald's memorial tribute to her in the
Fall, 2002 issue of The Quarterly. |
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