A trip north and an epic meetup & swap with a legend!

in steemsilvergold •  7 years ago 

I traveled north to Canada for work - a blast a cross the country, first flying a time zone east to start in Toronto for two days, followed by a quick two days in Vancouver before a 6am flight on Friday morning to head home. I was looking hard for a coin/bullion shop close enough to hit after work, but wasn't having any luck.

Enter @thedamus

After getting some confirmation that nothing would be open past 5pm. thedamus suggested we meet up for a few drinks and to swap some silver. While kicking around where too meet, we ended on probably the perfect location for someone not familiar with the city. The Fairmont @ the Vancouver Airport. Easy to find, tons of transportation, with great views drinks.

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After drooling over his recent loot from his LCS raids See here for his post about the score
We got to trade some AG - 2oz of Silver and $2 of Junk.

The Trade

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My Haul

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The ounces

Bad ass pieces of 8 silver shield round and an Incuse Maple
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$2 of Canadian "Junk"

A great 1963 Canadian Canoe Dollar
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and Two Untouched 1963 Canadian Halves - look mint fresh. Look at that sick coat of arms on the back.
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Not to mention the a couple of sweet gifts. Your too kind @thedamus!

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I need to plan a trip back and factor a few things in.
Not work related, need more time to explore the city and restraunts
Need to bring as much cash and the border agents will let me and plan a raiding party with thedamus to pillage all of the LCS.

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How did i not comment the first time i read this!!!?

silly marijuana!

Come on back real soon bro. Thar be lootings to transpire!!!

A while back, a relative gave me all of her old Canadian coins. I haven’t gone through them all yet, but I skimmed through them, and there’s actually some old silver quarters and dimes in there!

Yay inheritance! 😆🤣😂

NIce looking silver coins... wold be great for my collection

Any silver is great for any collection! 😃

Free/Found silver is some of the best silver. Its a nice boost to the ol stack that doesn't set you back. Plus depending on the age, some of the Canadian stuff has sick coat of arms on the backs and are just straight up lookers.

Got a ton of old nickels made out of nickel, too!

Looks like it waz a cool journey.

Yup! That meeting was the highlight of my week for sure!

Good times buddy!!! Get’cher ass back up here and we’ll loot them all!

They won't know hit them, just remember the day SSG came through town.