Charmy's September 2022 LONG BEACH SHOW REPORT w/Lots of Pics!

ThePennyLady

Once again, it was time for my favorite coin show - the Long Beach Expo!

During this show, however, I didn't have any helpers due to some family obligations, so for the first time since I've been setting up at the Long Beach show I was by myself. For security reasons, I don't usually like to work a corner table at a major show by myself, and while I was super busy and tried not to leave my table much, everything worked out just fine. I also made sure my security camera and warning sign were clearly visible. As a result of not having a helper, I wasn't able to leave my table very often during the show so I didn't take as many photos as I usually do. However, when I did need to take care of something away from my table, I called a friend who was walking the show and he would help me, and so did Angel Dees' wife, Allyne - she was a super sweetheart and would sit at my table while I dashed away for a few minutes. It's really wonderful to have good friends in this business who don't mind helping out!

So Wednesday was set up as usual, except that we've been having unordinary hot and humid weather which made set up day very uncomfortable especially since there was no air conditioning in the hall while the loading doors were open. No matter, after I finished setting up, I locked all my cases, and made a quick run around the bourse to do some "shopping" during dealer day. While I didn't buy as much as I usually due throughout the show, I managed to find several nice Pretty Pennies for my inventory and for some customers. I even sold a few of my new purchases before the end of the show. These are most of the coins I found at the show, including a nice group of raw coins:

One of the coins I bought and quickly sold during the show was this scarce 1856 Flying Eagle in PCGS VF25!

Also, a few days before the show began I bought this awesome double struck Indian cent for my personal collection!

Soon it was wine time! This time I brought a special Domaine Chandon Pinot Meunier - it's a lovely delightful light red wine made by the same folks who make Dom Periognon champagne.

Thursday morning I arrived back at the show right at 9am so I could take care of a few things before the public weas let in at 10am. Then shortly before the show opened I took these photos of the very long line of folks waiting to get into the show - the line went all the way down the hall, out the door, and around the side of the building!

When the show opened, folks steadily streamed in and soon the bourse was buzzing with lots of energy. A long line began to form at the back of the room where the PSA and sports tables were set up. I was so very busy on throughout the day that I never even left my table the entire day! I was very slammed almost consistently all day, which is a good thing. By the way, one of the most popular things at my table is this "Treasure Box" where I have various low-value items that I've acquired over time, including several 1933-34 Chicago Expo elongated pennies, packets of various Lincoln and Indian cents, several tokens and penny souvenir-type items, a couple old Indian cent Avon cologne bottles, and the most popular item is a packet of the 8 2009 P/D Lincoln bicentennial cents that I pulled directly from rolls and put together with a little picture of the 4 different designs. I usually sell quite a few of those little packets at each show I bring them to.

These guys even found something from my Treasure Box!

Sorry, but I was so busy on Thursday that I wasn't able to take photos around the bourse. After the show, we went up the hill to La Opera Italian restaurant for dinner. They have wonderful Italian and seafood. Since we all wanted different wines, we just ordered by the glass. I enjoyed my favorite chardonnay, Rombauer!

Matt Chapman and me

Rick Snow and his son Kenny

I had their filet medallions with garlic wine sauce which was super tasty!

Matt had their halibut special which also looked very yummy

Rick and Kenny had their special lasagne

Then we shared some delicious desserts!

On Friday although the bourse filled up, as usual there wasn't quite the same buzz as there was on Thursday. Luckily my helper was able to come to the show and work the booth with me on Friday, so I was able to get out and take some photos.

The PCGS Lounge where you could get assistance with questions, filling out forms, etc.

PCGS Folks at work!

The US Mint's booth

The fun guys at the Whatnot booth

The ANACS table

Andy at the GreatCollections table and their awesome display of rattler coins up for auction

David McCarthy at Kagin's table

The kids' Treasure Hunt table

A table overflowing with loose coins for sale!

Friday we went to our regular Friday night dinner spot - King's Fish House - which I love! Pine Street is lined with great restaurants and is quite a busy and fun street on Friday night.

Saturday was the usual family day, where I (and many other dealers) get lots of questions from new collectors, roll hunters, evaluation of inherited coins, asking how valuable their handful of wheat cents are, and determining if their 1943 copper cent is authentic. I usually get someone showing me their supposed "1943 copper cent" almost every show, however, I've never had someone show me an actual authentic one! It's a lot of fun helping people, except for the ones that I have to tell their handful of wheat cents are only worth a few cents each or their coin is counterfeit, or that tiny anomaly on their penny that they hunted hours for doesn't mean much or make their coin more valuable. This is also the day I usually get parents bring their kids to my table to help fill in their penny books. I really enjoy helping them find a penny they can afford to fill in one of the empty spaces in their book!

Also, I'm on the Treasure Trivia Hunt trail, so I get a steady stream of kids stopping by to answer a question (assigned to my table) so they can fill in all the blanks in their treasure trivia game, and then win a prize at the end. I usually have some sort of treat to hand each one - this time I gave out our Women in Numismatics lighted magnifiers we had left over. The kids seemed thrilled to get one of these. Here are some of the adorable kiddos who stopped by my table:

And I saw this guy walking around, guess he's a bit of a Laker's fan!

So soon enough it was time to start tearing down the booth and packing up. Once again, although their was a brief delay in dealers getting in for set up due to the some final issues with setting up the bourse floor, PCGS did a great job putting this show together and getting collectors in the door. Most dealers agreed it was a good show, though not quite as busy as the last one. I personally had a really good show, especially sales-wise.

A little OT, but the next day, an old friend from my past life as a litigation paralegal at Morrison & Foerster (1988-2005) was playing in a band at a local place in the canyon where I like to cruise in my 1968 California Special mustang, so I took the hubby in my mustang and joined another one of my old Mofo friends to see him play - it was a blast!

Next I will be packing up and heading to the PNNA Tukwila show in Seattle in just a few days for another go-round! In the meantime, my cutie pie Penny will be waiting for me!

pcgscacgold

Thanks for another great show report. Nice to see people coming out to shows again.

JohnnyCache

Love your reports as always!
Thank you for doing them.

Desert Moon

Grrreat report! Love the Gibson SG................

jt88

Nice report. thanks for posting it.

asheland

Awesome report as usual!

lilolme

Nice report. The ones near home, so much easier.

Perhaps you can help me with this since you are a Rombauer fan. Is this a delamination?
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Yes, it came out of the bottle like this.

kaz

Great report, looks like it was a very lively show!

Walkerfan

I always enjoy your reports. Thanks so much.

RichieURich

Great report, thanks for posting it! Love the 1856 Flying Eagle cent and the double-struck 1902 cent!

divecchia

As always a great show report. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.

Donato

golden

Thanks for your great show report.

Catbert

Enjoyable read Charmy. I especially liked seeing your red rocket.

Dave99B

Awesome report as usual! Love the PR25 Flying Eagle.

Dave

1630Boston

Walkerguy21D

Great report; it’s got me psyched for Winter FUN!

wrighty

You had me at double struck IHC and the Mustang! Nice report as always

littlebear

Thanks for the excellent report!

WAYNEAS

👍
Thanks again for your report.
Wayne

CentSearcher

Thanks for the report, I enjoyed seeing the pictures! I was at a coin show last weekend, but nothing like Long Beach

johnny9434

you gotta love that mercury for sure

ricko

@ThePennyLady ... Charmy, thanks for another great show report. Super pictures of PCGS folks and others. Missed seeing one of your Cabernet wines Have you tried Carnivore - a California Cabernet. Super. Cheers, RickO

2windy2fish

See you at the PNNA Charmy! I will be set up there as well and will find time to say hello…

tcollects

@ThePennyLady said:
Once again, it was time for my favorite coin show - the Long Beach Expo!

During this show, however, I didn't have any helpers due to some family obligations, so for the first time since I've been setting up at the Long Beach show I was by myself. For security reasons, I don't usually like to work a corner table at a major show by myself, and while I was super busy and tried not to leave my table much, everything worked out just fine. I also made sure my security camera and warning sign were clearly visible. As a result of not having a helper, I wasn't able to leave my table very often during the show so I didn't take as many photos as I usually do. However, when I did need to take care of something away from my table, I called a friend who was walking the show and he would help me, and so did Angel Dees' wife, Allyne - she was a super sweetheart and would sit at my table while I dashed away for a few minutes. It's really wonderful to have good friends in this business who don't mind helping out!

So Wednesday was set up as usual, except that we've been having unordinary hot and humid weather which made set up day very uncomfortable especially since there was no air conditioning in the hall while the loading doors were open. No matter, after I finished setting up, I locked all my cases, and made a quick run around the bourse to do some "shopping" during dealer day. While I didn't buy as much as I usually due throughout the show, I managed to find several nice Pretty Pennies for my inventory and for some customers. I even sold a few of my new purchases before the end of the show. These are most of the coins I found at the show, including a nice group of raw coins:

One of the coins I bought and quickly sold during the show was this scarce 1856 Flying Eagle in PCGS VF25!

Also, a few days before the show began I bought this awesome double struck Indian cent for my personal collection!

Soon it was wine time! This time I brought a special Domaine Chandon Pinot Meunier - it's a lovely delightful light red wine made by the same folks who make Dom Periognon champagne.

Thursday morning I arrived back at the show right at 9am so I could take care of a few things before the public weas let in at 10am. Then shortly before the show opened I took these photos of the very long line of folks waiting to get into the show - the line went all the way down the hall, out the door, and around the side of the building!

When the show opened, folks steadily streamed in and soon the bourse was buzzing with lots of energy. A long line began to form at the back of the room where the PSA and sports tables were set up. I was so very busy on throughout the day that I never even left my table the entire day! I was very slammed almost consistently all day, which is a good thing. By the way, one of the most popular things at my table is this "Treasure Box" where I have various low-value items that I've acquired over time, including several 1933-34 Chicago Expo elongated pennies, packets of various Lincoln and Indian cents, several tokens and penny souvenir-type items, a couple old Indian cent Avon cologne bottles, and the most popular item is a packet of the 8 2009 P/D Lincoln bicentennial cents that I pulled directly from rolls and put together with a little picture of the 4 different designs. I usually sell quite a few of those little packets at each show I bring them to.

These guys even found something from my Treasure Box!

Sorry, but I was so busy on Thursday that I wasn't able to take photos around the bourse. After the show, we went up the hill to La Opera Italian restaurant for dinner. They have wonderful Italian and seafood. Since we all wanted different wines, we just ordered by the glass. I enjoyed my favorite chardonnay, Rombauer!

Matt Chapman and me

Rick Snow and his son Kenny

I had their filet medallions with garlic wine sauce which was super tasty!

Matt had their halibut special which also looked very yummy

Rick and Kenny had their special lasagne

Then we shared some delicious desserts!

On Friday although the bourse filled up, as usual there wasn't quite the same buzz as there was on Thursday. Luckily my helper was able to come to the show and work the booth with me on Friday, so I was able to get out and take some photos.

The PCGS Lounge where you could get assistance with questions, filling out forms, etc.

PCGS Folks at work!

The US Mint's booth

The fun guys at the Whatnot booth

The ANACS table

Andy at the GreatCollections table and their awesome display of rattler coins up for auction

David McCarthy at Kagin's table

The kids' Treasure Hunt table

A table overflowing with loose coins for sale!

Friday we went to our regular Friday night dinner spot - King's Fish House - which I love! Pine Street is lined with great restaurants and is quite a busy and fun street on Friday night.

Saturday was the usual family day, where I (and many other dealers) get lots of questions from new collectors, roll hunters, evaluation of inherited coins, asking how valuable their handful of wheat cents are, and determining if their 1943 copper cent is authentic. I usually get someone showing me their supposed "1943 copper cent" almost every show, however, I've never had someone show me an actual authentic one! It's a lot of fun helping people, except for the ones that I have to tell their handful of wheat cents are only worth a few cents each or their coin is counterfeit, or that tiny anomaly on their penny that they hunted hours for doesn't mean much or make their coin more valuable. This is also the day I usually get parents bring their kids to my table to help fill in their penny books. I really enjoy helping them find a penny they can afford to fill in one of the empty spaces in their book!

Also, I'm on the Treasure Trivia Hunt trail, so I get a steady stream of kids stopping by to answer a question (assigned to my table) so they can fill in all the blanks in their treasure trivia game, and then win a prize at the end. I usually have some sort of treat to hand each one - this time I gave out our Women in Numismatics lighted magnifiers we had left over. The kids seemed thrilled to get one of these. Here are some of the adorable kiddos who stopped by my table:

And I saw this guy walking around, guess he's a bit of a Laker's fan!

So soon enough it was time to start tearing down the booth and packing up. Once again, although their was a brief delay in dealers getting in for set up due to the some final issues with setting up the bourse floor, PCGS did a great job putting this show together and getting collectors in the door. Most dealers agreed it was a good show, though not quite as busy as the last one. I personally had a really good show, especially sales-wise.

A little OT, but the next day, an old friend from my past life as a litigation paralegal at Morrison & Foerster (1988-2005) was playing in a band at a local place in the canyon where I like to cruise in my 1968 California Special mustang, so I took the hubby in my mustang and joined another one of my old Mofo friends to see him play - it was a blast!

Next I will be packing up and heading to the PNNA Tukwila show in Seattle in just a few days for another go-round! In the meantime, my cutie pie Penny will be waiting for me!

I tend to scroll down to the food, I'm a simple man. Now we can ID that PCGS employee who pawed up that other collector's MS70 eagle from the other thread.

tommy44

Another great report as usual. Good thing you didn't get to leave your booth very often or I'd still be downloading pictures.

skier07

Excellent report and thanks.

The place in the canyon is a really neat place.

ElKevvo

Always enjoy your show reports! Almost like I was there

K

Goldbully

Thanks Charmy, nobody does it better than you. ❤️

bronzemat

I always enjoy your posts, Charmy, thanks again for the latest one.

BaronVonBaugh

Cool

BLUEJAYWAY

Enjoyed the read. Glad to see less pictures of food. I was gaining too much weight from your previous reports.

Namvet69

Excellent show report. Your wares are top notch too! Peace Roy

ElmerFusterpuck

Nice report. As much as I like scrolling thru the pictures, I only want to do it once! Please don't use the quote function on Charmy's original post or any post laced with a stream of images, otherwise we all end up on that hamster wheel of the spinning icon.