Sept 2021 Long Beach Expo report w/pics

Dave99B

Left Seattle very early (7am!) on Thursday, and flew down to CA to attend the Long Beach show. Spent two full days at the show, and really enjoyed myself. It had been quite a while since I attended a live show, and it was fun to wander around and reconnect with some dealers/friends.

Thursday was VERY busy to say the least…Friday, not nearly as much. I was a bit disappointed with the number of empty tables in the hall (maybe 10%). Looks like a fair number of dealers bailed. Understandable, I guess. But other than that, it was a total blast.

What did I buy? Not a damn thing!

I looked for upgrades to my PCGS VF Barber quarter set, but found very little in that area. I also kept my eyes open for low grade PCGS gold, and colorful PCGS Proof 66 Mercury dimes. Pretty much struck out.

I did see a beautifully toned PCGS MS66+ 1917 Type 1 SLQ. I bargained hard for it, but the dealer wanted $400 more than I was willing to pay.

While I left empty handed, I still enjoyed the two days immensely. The beer was great too!

Here’s a few pics to give you a flavor of the show.

Dave

winesteven

Couldn’t you include more photos in your report? (Just kidding, lol).

Great report! Thanks!

Steve

EXOJUNKIE

👍🏻 Thanks for the report and pics!

FunwithMPL

Thanks for all those pics! Wow

pcgscacgold

WOW!! Great report. That photo of Mike's Coin Chest show case is off the charts. I have bought a few coins from Shaun Bobb. He has top of the line gold (along with his usual Morgans and Peace Dollars). As a gold collector I also enjoyed your many other photos of slabbed and raw gold.

You had me at the first photo. Looks like a very tasty treat. Thanks for the effort and time you put into this.

ricko

WOW!! Great report and great pictures..... Super amount of gold there... I am amazed at that picture of the piles of 2x2's at 3 bucks each or 50 for $100.... Never saw a table like that before. Nice beer too ... Sure makes me miss going to shows. Cheers, RickO

savitale

Great report! Looks all those $3 coins are in fresh 2x2’s. I can’t even imagine the stapler-cramp.

JimTyler

If I “bargained hard” means I would have wanted it. That is a fairly expensive coin so $400 in unbacked green slips or paper seems like that was negotiation for sport. I would have paid it.

RichieURich

Nice report, lots of photos, thanks for posting it!

jedm

Very nice report! One of these days I'm gonna make it to a coin show...seems like it's been way too long.

bronzemat

Great report & pics. Thanks for sharing.

vulcanize

Awesome report and pics. Thank you.

Kliao

Great report and awesome pictures!

WAYNEAS

Thanks for paying my admission fee to the show. lol
I keep going back to re-look at the coins available from the many dealers.
Your pictures are beyond fantastic.
Love that I could zoom in and see the listed prices of individual coins.
I would still be at the $3.00 table going thru as much as I could.
As they say "one man's trash is another man's treasure".
Super Report and thanks again.
Wayne

ms71

Terrific report. Very interesting to see what's on offer.

Tibor

Great report. Thanks for the pictures.
@Dave99B The picture with all of the graded GSA plastic, was that Todd's table?

Walkerfan

Thanks for the great report!

Sorry you came back empty-handed… looks like the beer was the best part lol (joking…).

I love the gold and the Carson City slab cases…. Lots of eye candy.

Keshequa

$~500 to $1800 plus for unusually toned silver eagle in not so special grades. I was carrying the wrong inventory, apparently.

metalmeister

Super! I miss Long Beach. Reminder go again!

291fifth

Two days on those concrete floors must have been tiring!

Steven59

Fantastic pictures............

Becky7474

Thanks for sharing.

thisnamztaken

Wonderful photos Dave. They really make us feel like we are right there with you. I haven't been to a coin show in several years now, but living in LA I fondly remember attending several Long Beach shows back in the 20th Century. A picture is worth a thousand words so thanks for bringing back those memories.

gumby1234

Do you recall the dealer selling the toned ASE's? PM me if you don't want to name anybody in the thread

Dave99B

Sorry @gumby1234. I don’t quite remember who had those ASEs. Maybe another member will know, and chip in.

@Tibor - No, Todd wasn’t there. 😢

Dave

Tibor

@Dave99B thanks. The few times I've seen Todd he had an impressive inventory of those.

Downtown1974

Great report, Dave!
I missed a show this weekend so seeing all of these pics is just what I needed.
Great job!

dtalk86

@Keshequa said:
$~500 to $1800 plus for unusually toned silver eagle in not so special grades. I was carrying the wrong inventory, apparently.

They definitely looked artificial or gassed in the holders, the prices for non-70 ASE's were crazy at that table!