The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 34, August 5, 2005, Article 8

CONVENTION REPORTS

George Kolbe writes: "The San Francisco ANA was great
fun. Where else can you see real flower children, i.e., "hippies,"
still traversing city thoroughfares, though it is apparent that
many are approaching senior citizen status?"

[I've often wondered what became of many of the Flower
Children. Hearing Grace Slick's vocals on the radio one day,
I had to wonder if she's now somebody's grandma, puttering
around in her flower garden. Then I came to and realized that
here I was listening to an oldies station, and I'm no spring
chicken myself. I'm not eligible for AARP yet, but my wife
keeps reminding me it won't be long. Young whippersnapper!
-Editor]

Howard Spindel writes: "I just returned from the convention.
I spent some time volunteering at the ANA's photo ID booth -
that's a great way to meet people!

It was a fun show for me. I met two guys that I've emailed back
and forth with for several years but never met in person. I
bought three shield nickel varieties - more than I usually find to buy.

On the book front, I saw one book that interested me - Carlos
Guytan's book on Revolutionary Mexican Coinage. Unfortunately,
it's entirely in Spanish and my Spanish is far too rusty to read it."

Larry Gaye writes: "Regarding the ANA Show in San Francisco,
as usual I saw a lot of old friends and met some new ones; life is
good. While I am a national volunteer and have an opportunity
to make the rounds, I will say that it was a very hard show from
the standpoint of set up and take down. My feet were very sore
from start to finish.

I did manage to receive a couple of books from an author
which he donated to our coin club. I am sorry I cannot remember
his name and the books are being shipped, but they were on cameo
proof Franklin Half dollars. I sure do appreciate his generosity.

A lot of dealers seemed to have left early which is of course
bad for those who might come on Sunday. I have no idea
how to encourage them to stay for the entire show. This is
the first convention in a long time that I haven't purchased a
book for my collection, but I did come home with a large
group of Byzantine coinage that will put my existing library
to the test. Got to go for now, cheers to all of you."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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