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officefora fewminutesofdiscussions.
TakingleaveofANAheadquartersat
about twoo’clock, I headedaboutfive
miles down I-25 to claim my accom-
modationsattheEleganteHotel.Having
settled in, I relaxedfor a couple hours
beforereturningtotheANAseminararea
to partake of the first session’s gradu-
ation events, with the reception mixer
scheduledto getunderwayat fiveo’clock
andthebuffetbanquetatsix.Bothwere
well attended and I enjoyed the nice
primeribselectionthatwasavailable.
Myseatingforthebanquetwasat a table
ofeightattendeesofdiversebackgrounds
drawn from around the country. They
includedthreeseminar instructors; David
MenchellfromNewYork,RickSnowfrom
Arizona,andChrisMadden,whorecently
retiredfromhispositionastheBEP’slead
engraver.TheothersincludedPeterJones
from Connecticut, Ron Burmester from
Florida,RickEwingfromTexas,andHarry
WatersonfromMissouri.
With the graduation banquet closing
out around eight, I headed back to the
Elegantetocallit a day.Rollingoutwell
restedonThursdaymorning,it wasabout
5:30 when I headed out for my morn-
ingconstitutional,coveringfourperimeter
lapsofthehotel’sparkinglotinaboutan
hour. It was about 7:30 when I headed
This “Stockman” sticker is affixed to a 1923-S Peace dollar and was
acquired from John Jackson who operates as J&J Coins out of Sioux
City, Iowa.
This “Gafford’s” stickered 1923 Peace dollar is an interesting piece
that intriguingly carries the penned date 3/14/56 appended to the
sticker. It was another of my acquisitions from the Colorado Springs
coin show, which I picked from among the offerings of Denverite
Robert Rhue.down to the lobby where I availed myself
of their Rustler’s Country Café break-
fast buffet offerings, while absorbing the
contents of the day’s paper over the next
hour or so.
The noon-hour was at hand when
I headed off on what proved to be an
eight-mile drive by way of Circle Drive
and Palmer Park Boulevard to spend the
afternoon taking in the annual show that
has, for many years, been slipped between
the two seminar sessions, a jointly spon-
sored Colorado Springs Coin Club and
the Colorado Springs Numismatic Club
event. Hosted at the Colorado Springs
Event Center, this is a roughly 100 dealer
event that on this day appeared to be
reasonably busy, although the aisles were
relatively quiet. The preponderance of
dealers is drawn from the plains and
inter-mountain areas.
Having spent the day visiting and
shopping about the bourse floor, I
enjoyed many extended visits with old
friends. They included South Carolina
token specialist Tony Chibbaro, advanced
medal collector Harry Waterson from
Missouri, and Judaica specialist Bill
Rosenblum from Denver. I managed to
come away with purchases from others,
including Bob Rhue from Denver, Dan
Norris from Wyoming, John Jackson from
South Dakota, and long-ago WisconsinitePhil Bressett from Colorado Springs.
With activity having slowed down to
a crawl and dealers starting to wrap up
their tables for the night, it was about
5:30 when I called it a day and returned
to the Elegante. Sometime later I headed
out looking for something to eat, opting
for a nearby Culver’s for a cup of chili,
a pork tenderloin sandwich, and a turtle
sundae. By seven o’clock I had settled
into my room to call it a day.
My Friday got underway with a regi-
men that was pretty much a repetition of
Thursday’s, except that for breakfast I
selected French toast and bacon from the
Rustler’s menu. It was about 9:30 when
I returned to the coin show venue where
I spent the bulk of the day, around six
hours, lounging about the floor enjoying
a lot more visiting, with a bit more shop-
ping worked in.
Among those recalled were Dick
Grinolds from Minnesota, Tom Reynolds
from Nebraska, Glen Jorde from North
Dakota, and Don Rose, who calls
Colorado Springs home. Then, there
were early 2000s ANA public rela-
tions director, Steve Bobbitt, and most
unexpectedly, Ken Muelling, who hails
from central Wisconsin as a member of
Wausau’s Wisconsin Valley Coin Cluband is a Numismatists of Wisconsin board
member, who was taking in a day of theANA/from page 15