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March 7, 1999
Issue #13

Quarters, Quarters, everywhere?

On March 1st, the second of the quarter series was released officially. 
This is a state quarter commemorating Pennsylvania. As of March 7th, I’ve 
yet to receive a Delaware quarter in change here in Southern California. 
However, many reports exist from most states. I still anxiously search my 
change. I was fortunate to pick up a roll (at a modest premium) when I was 
at the FUN show in January. However, I did that only because I wanted to 
distribute the quarters to different people (I even gave 5 away here to 
readers of this newsletter last month) - I won’t pay above 25 cents for 
any future coins though, so I may have to wait a while to receive any 
more coins.

Las Vegas Coin Show

I was in Las Vegas this past weekend, and my visit coincided with a coin 
show held at the Plaza Hotel, Downtown. It was a hundred table show, and 
quite nice. I took my nine year old nephew with me, who has recently 
expressed an interest in collecting. I gave him a $10 budget to spend 
at the show, and he ended up with some nice coins. This was the first 
time I had taken a young numismatist, and I was really impressed with 
the dealers. We didn’t spend very much at their tables, but they took a 
lot of time to explain about the coins he purchased. They also reduced 
the price of every single item he purchased (and he made purchases from 
four different dealers) and even gave him some free items. When I was 
walking with him, I was explaining that some dealers will give things 
to kids free to encourage their collecting, as young collectors turn 
into adult collectors. While I was saying this, a dealer called him 
over and gave him a Buffalo nickel. We later went back and made a 
purchase from that table. Among the coins purchased for under $10 were 
an ancient Roman coin, 1799 and 1901 British pennies, World War II 
coins from East Africa and French Indo-China (Vietnam), a few modern 
coins from Italy, France, and Mexico, and a 1943 Steel penny in 
Uncirculated condition. 

Canadian Commemorative Quarters

As I have mentioned in previous issues, Canada is also running a commemorative 
series of quarters. Twelve a year for two years. Unlike the US coins, a yearly 
set of 12 is available right now. I recently got the set I ordered, and it 
is quite beautiful in its display. It’s a nice addition to a collection, 
and it can be ordered from several dealers in print and on-line. You can 
also order directly from the Royal Canadian Mint, their web address is 
listed in a previous issue of this newsletter, check http://www.coinmall.com/ccw 
for that information.

Until Next Time,

Alan Cohen

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