Dan769 Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 OK, I've been itchin to go and it finally came. It was nicely attended with about 20-30 dealers with 60+ tables. The buying crowd was good too, had to fight for table look early in the show. Sadly though I was incredibly hard pressed to find anything for my type set. While there was a good variety of coins, it seemed they were either UNC and slabbed, some raw, or very low grade and/or cleaned/damaged. I noticed a few dealers were asking nonstop if anyone had anything to sell. It seemed as if fresh material was in very short supply. In fact I couldn't find one accurately graded XF type 2 Standing Liberty Quarter. I've been looking to upgrade that, but not today. I did manage to upgrade my 1853 Arrows & Rays Half even tho it didn't need it. i just love this design and I'll buy a decent one every chance I get, half, quarter, dime it doesn't matter. I picked this PCGS VF 35 for $105: On to the one big world coin dealer I scooped up a bunch of Panama & Portuguese coins for $12. I just love the Balboa design and something about a 2 1/2 cent coin I couldn't resist. So i left with a bunch of $$$ still in my pocket, so it's off to the web sites tonite. Not a bad show, just seemed like the good mid grade stuff wasn't there. Oh and strangely my 2 favorite dealers were also not there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Sounds like what I've been hearing about a lot of shows and even the biggie shows. The mid-range stuff just isn't showing up. Probably because that's what so many people collect. Nice buys. I esp. like the half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan769 Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Oh yeah Art, for some reason there seemed to be a lot of early American copper, mainly large cents in the 40's & 50's. Nothing that made me want to buy, though. Just didn't have that look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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