Came home from the coin show show and my son had a good time. There was a little ruckus when we got there (an obnoxious chap shouting and using some profanity). The show organizer felt bad that a 6 year old had to witness the incident so he gave my son a free fine 1936 Buffalo nickel and a free (used) Harco Coinmaster album to hold his coins (thank you Coin Superstore).
From there, I introduced my son to the bargain bins and let him dig in with a limit of $20. He gladly pulled up a seat and began the task of sorting through hundreds of 2x2's. After a little hard work he walked away with 1 bus token, 4 silver coins, 2 nickel coins, 2 large cents (foreign), & 3 copper/nickel coins Most of the coins were in decent shape with the oldest being a 1912 Canadian 5 cent coin. Amazingly, he gave me back $5 change and without any help from Dad I'd say he did pretty good for his first time out and his tastes were pretty varied so it will be really interesting to see where or what he'll settle into.
As for myself I only picked up three coins. The first was a Cuban coin I needed for a WWII type set (1 coin from every axis and allied nation) and now I only have one coin left to complete the set.
The second coin was a beautifully toned 1909 Russian 10 Kopeks VF coin. It's for a new type set I'm working on where I'm combining my family tree info and coin collecting into one, I'll blog more about this later.
The third and last coin I didn't need but couldn't help myself. It is a VF silver 1904 Panama 2 1/2 centesimos coin (referred to as the Panama Pill). Once you see this coin you understand how it got it's nickname, with a diameter of only 10mm (4 mm smaller than the smallest U.S. coin a silver 3 cent coin) this coin is no larger than an aspirin. The unusual diminutive size was unique I just had to have one in my collection and it is now the smallest coin I own. To keep this in perspective, a U.S. cent is currently 19mm so this coins is almost half of that size.
