Long Beach (show report)

Crusty · June 6, 2019 7:25PM

This is probably my 4th or 5th time going to the LB coin expo. This year I arrived about 30 mins after the show opened and there seemed to be a decent amount of collectors throughout the floor. I’m not sure how much buying and selling was actually happening but it’s a good sign there was a lot of people there. I went straight for the CRO table and ended up consigning a few pieces and saw a sweet 1871 $1 that I’m sure won’t last long. I am already in love with mine and have the date covered or else I would have popped on it.

As soon as I was done talking to John I set out doing quick scan through all of the aisles . I stopped by Dalton gold and silver and spoke to Grant who is always generous with his time and has a wide variety of cool old gold coins. Stopped by and spoke to Phill from eye appealing coins for awhile. I saw and met numerous other small dealers during the day and saw all types of cool coins.

I normally focus on SLDs and pass by most everything else. But old gold has been calling me lately. I guess I’m just getting tired of looking for the final SLDs I need and never seeing them available. Today was a little different. There were some key dates I needed available but not with the look I wanted and not the grades I’m looking for... but it was fun nonetheless to see them on the floor today.

I brought my old man with me (he knows nothing about coins) and we had a good time just hanging out and looking around at all the cool stuff. I taught him some of the basics and he was good company throughout the day. He enjoyed seeing a 500 oz bar of silver and was amazed at all the gold bullion for sale. We broke for lunch around 1pm and ate at Islands. Food was good and we both enjoyed sitting down and resting for a bit . When we got back to the show it was still pretty well attended.

I forgot to mention earlier that the whole reason I came today was not to buy or sell coins... but to have my SLD set professionally photographed by Todd . I made my way back over to his booth to see how it was going and he was about half way through. So I went around and looked for anything I may have missed during my previous aisle walks. I ended up finding a couple of really nice type 1 gold $20 Libs OGH with CAC stickers and was very impressed. I snapped some photos and sent them to a friend that asked me to keep an eye out for some nice type 1s. Who knows maybe a deal may be coming down the road? I walked the floor a couple more times and my old man needed to rest his dogs. So we sat down for a bit and just relaxed. When I finally made my way back over to see Todd from Blue CC photography I was happy to say he had completed everything and we made arrangements for future delivery of the images. I will share some of them here once I receive them. I have not seen all the images but I can say that Todd is an awesome guy and treats his customers the way they should be.

It was an awesome day and I really enjoyed myself. The ride home sucked and took more than 2 hours but was well worth it. I’m going to attempt to go back on Saturday to hang out with Brian Cushing for a bit at the LSCC table . Not sure if the wife will dig me going again. But I am definitely gonna try.

Hallco · June 6, 2019 7:39PM

Great report! Thanks for sharing.

Pickwickjr · June 6, 2019 7:48PM

WOW
Sounds like a great day, I think the best part was that you spent the day with your father. Some sweet coins you posted. Especially the Taraszka collection just amazing. Thanks for the report

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Proofmorgan · June 6, 2019 8:18PM

Nice report!

Justacommeman · June 6, 2019 8:22PM

Well done! I enjoyed the read.

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thisistheshow · June 6, 2019 8:22PM

Thanks for taking the time to write this. It was enjoyable to read.

BryceM · June 6, 2019 8:25PM

Wow. What a pile of early eagles. Wish I was there. Sounds like an extraordinarily nice way to spend a day.

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Tibor · June 6, 2019 9:05PM

Thanks for the report. I'll ask anyway, was bullion doing much. The
Taraszka collection is sweet. Hope you get to go for round two!!

Smudge · June 6, 2019 9:10PM

Thanks. Reports are always appreciated.

Crusty · June 6, 2019 9:26PM

Tibor -I didn’t check around to see what dealers were asking but I can report there was a lot of bullion for sale. Both silver and gold. Tons of eagles , silver and gold bars and a variety of various low premium foreign gold ... I believe one dealer was asking $10 over spot for the foreign gold.

Hemispherical · June 6, 2019 10:58PM

Thanks for your report @Crusty. Those pics of the gold was yummy!

Pickwickjr · June 7, 2019 5:15AM

When you go back Saturday send us another report please.
Also a picture or two of the club table.

ricko · June 7, 2019 5:16AM

Good report... Thank you... really nice pictures of the gold coins.... Gold coins are my weakness....and silver... Well - actually - coins are my weakness Cheers, RickO

golden · June 7, 2019 8:27AM

Thanks for your very nice report.

Tibor · June 7, 2019 8:58AM

@Crusty Thank you. I go to 3-4 large shows per year, ANA, Balt/Whit
and I see case after case after case of graded $20 Libs and Saints. With
so much gold I marvel at how high the price of gold is. At the Spring
Whitman show there were 2 dealers who had cases full of gold (graded
bullion as above) and neither one sold enough to make a difference.
Just puzzles me and this along with all of the tonnage world wide.

coinbuf · June 7, 2019 9:21AM

Nice, thanks for the report. I have not been in a few years but I like the LB show and its the only larger show that's close enough to go to. Maybe next year.

Timbuk3 · June 7, 2019 1:20PM

Thank you for sharing your report !!!

philographer · June 8, 2019 1:19PM

I echo others...nice report. Like that you added some pictures of cool coins. I will check out Dalton. Post some of your images when you get them!

jabba · June 8, 2019 1:39PM

Thanks for the report big shows are fun!

Crusty · June 8, 2019 1:40PM

Sorry to let you guys down... But I am not able to make it back out today. Instead I’m doing yard work . Decided to make the wife happy . I’ll be back in September when it rolls back around. I did realize I have one more photo I didn’t post from the show on Thursday. I snapped it because I had never seen this third party graders sticker. Have you guys?

OldIndianNutKase · June 8, 2019 5:45PM

WOW...........a show report with a LOT of coin pics. Enjoyed them all and wish I had made the show as planned. Thanks for the reminder that there will be another show in Long beach in September.

OINK

santinidollar · June 8, 2019 6:01PM

Wish I could have been there! Thnx for your report.

neildrobertson · June 8, 2019 7:41PM

@Crusty said:
Sorry to let you guys down... But I am not able to make it back out today. Instead I’m doing yard work . Decided to make the wife happy . I’ll be back in September when it rolls back around. I did realize I have one more photo I didn’t post from the show on Thursday. I snapped it because I had never seen this third party graders sticker. Have you guys?

My guess would have been that your coin is one the top 100 US coins list that Ron Guth and Jeff Garrett published and it is not. Ron Guth also made some comments about adopting a 100 pt grading system a while back. Maybe the sticker is promoting a website for that. The website appears to be defunct.

rln_14 · June 8, 2019 9:22PM

Thanks for the report, lots of gold, would like to have one of each denominations, some day.....
just to clarify, SLD=seated liberty dollar, correct? Thanks