Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
ZERO but I've been buying a lot of nice mail order coins from the BST, eBay, and several major coin dealers. In the pre-third party grading era and the pre-computer era with their high quality coin pictures, I would have bought far fewer coins. For non-coin purchases, my wife and I have been making good use of Amazon.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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None in 20 or 21, but I usually only go to 1 or 2 a year.
None - I gave up on Baltimore shows in 2015.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
None. Did a few online purchases.
One, Summer FUN.
1 local. Just for some amusement.
LIBERTY SEATED DIMES WITH MAJOR VARIETIES CIRCULATION STRIKES (1837-1891) digital album
Two
Milan, Illinois
Baltimore, MD
ZERO.
Zero. Last show was January, 2020.
I spent more on coins in 2021 than in the last four or five years combined.
3 - 2 local, 1 national
ZERO but I've been buying a lot of nice mail order coins from the BST, eBay, and several major coin dealers. In the pre-third party grading era and the pre-computer era with their high quality coin pictures, I would have bought far fewer coins. For non-coin purchases, my wife and I have been making good use of Amazon.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
1 spectator at the ANACS show in Chicago
2 set up at the Milwaukee Numismatic Society show
nothing else just two...
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
No shows in the last 2 years for me. I’ll try to catch a couple of local shows this year.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
2- 1 National, 1 Local
One. I did Baltimore in November.
No B&M shops...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
None.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Would you mind sharing why? I’ve thought about attending but haven’t yet.
3, all local, made a purchase every time.
1, Long Beach
Mr_Spud