Things you don't want to hear at the coin show...
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The sound of a box of coins falling on the ground
HAPPY COLLECTING
"I had to send that Seated Dollar in eleven times, but I finally got it into a 5 holder" (yes, I actually heard this at a show).
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Sorry, but what you are offering is like "brown" furniture in the furnishings market.
The price just went up.
No tacos this year.
"Brinks delivered your cases
to the other convention center"
Applies to surfers and coin shows: "You should have been here yesterday."
The worse is that distinctive silver ziiiiiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg when an old-time cartwheel dollar skips on the cement floor. Every head turns in that direction, for sure.
"Would you pay a premium for that?" Yes, I have heard this before on a couple of varieties.
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I just sold that one.
A gunshot..... Yup. Some moron showing off a gun let one rip.
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Someone already mentioned it, but the awful noise of someone dumping a box of slabs/coins.
I once overheard a dealer at a coin show telling another that he had Super Glued a circulated Indian Cent in a urinal in the men's room, and delighted in watching others try to remove it. As I recall, this was precisely the time that I abandoned my custom of shaking hands with dealers at shows.
From a dealer, "No, I can't do that price".
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Is that a roll of quarters in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
"There's no market for those".
"You're cherrypicking. You're not looking at any more of my coins."
"I'll take it"....said by the guy holding the coin you really need, and was hoping he was going to pass on and put back in the case.
"I don't think it's genuine"......from an expert dealer examining your 1799 large cent, that three other EAC guys said was.
"Make an offer".
When selling......."those have come wayyy down in the last year."
.......usually B/S.
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I don't mind hearing that.
The same old BS stories you heard at the last show.
All of the dealers passed on this St. Gaudens Gold Coin so that is why it is in our case without any others. I will sell it to you for our marked up price because no one else wants it at the largest coin show.
We're out of mustard.
I’d like to see some coins w/mustard toning on both sides.
The police calling your name as they go from table to table.
Yes, this actually happened to me, unfortunately, at a little rinky-dink coin show in the 1990s.
It turns out that when I was unloading and setting up, I had parked in a no-parking zone and forgot to move my truck.
Apparently there was not much going on to entertain the police that day.
None of the other dealers or patrons would believe why they were really asking for me, as the police made a really big deal out of it, and were rather obnoxious.
Needless to say, there was a buzz of conversation when I was allowed by the law to reenter the show as other dealers and customers were asking what it was all about.
They weren't satisfied with the answer, and my day was done at that point as I was assumed to be a fence, or worse.
"That's no better than a weak VF" when showing your slabbed AU-55 coin while your hand is covering the grade.
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And fishing. Heard that more than once as I was boarding a fishing boat.
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"Will the owner of the Maserati with CA plates please move it, it's in the way".
I've heard this a lot with regards to exonumia -- when a dealer says, "Yep, I have a lot of those ... but sorry, I collect them myself."
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Sometimes the thingsthat happen at shows are really quite funny.
One time I was set up at a new venue for me and I was next to a rather elderly gentleman who was very hard of hearing.
He kept passing gas rather loudly and I suppose he thought that since he couldn't hear it, no one else could either.
After a while, I got tired of making gestures like putting my palms up as if to say, "not me".
So I just joined the chorus.
(Just joking......about joining the cacaphony.)
Heard between two RESPECTED dealers at a show in NYC: I will have that AU 22 plain stripped and recolored and delivered to you in a 62 holder by next week"
Commems and Early Type
What did you do to these?
bogus , fake, no good etc etc.
I believe you, it happens.
will you take a posted dated check?
One dealer to another after a recent buy, “I got a couple CC’s here” as he’s rubbing them together between his thumb and forefinger. Incert the sound of two silver dollars chinking and sliding together like cymbals.
Yes, witnessed with own eyes.
One dealer to another: "I just want to take all those coins on memo; I'll pay you when they sell".
Also, a NY dealer and member on these boards said that all the $5 Bust coins that were offered as AUs at the previous show at premiums, actually graded MS! Think of all the opportunity you passed up!
That's better than being asked if it's a roll of dimes!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
"I think I accidentally threw my Stella in the garbage."
@DIMEMAN ?????
"You would have killed me - I just cracked a bunch of early gold coins out of OGHs".
A dealer actually told me this in New Orleans.
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A very loud fart while auction lot viewing...
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"O oh! My probation officer is here."
That belongs in the "DO" thread...
Smitten with DBLCs.
When asking the price of a coin..at a show.....The dealer looks at me and says "Never mind, you can't afford it."
I had $3000 in $100 dollar bills in my pocket at the time.... I looked at him - for about 10 seconds - Pulled out my roll of cash and fanned it....then said "F.... you!!" and walked away..... He ran after me and tried to apologize.... I laughed at him and kept walking...Cheers, RickO
RickO
Books and covers. Jerks are very slow learners.
Their Stuff don’t care to hear at my table.