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  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @golden said:
    Everyone be safe, have fun and post show reports.

    I'll be sure to.

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  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 10, 2024 12:45PM

    If any dealers who will have a table at the show will PM me their table no., I might be able to come and talk for a little bit.
    Especially considering f you have or know anyone who is selling junk silver. ;)

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  • nencoinnencoin Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭✭

    @foodude said:
    For now you have the list of dealers setting up, save fir some last minute sign ups.

    Not a complete list, unfortunately. We signed up over two months ago and are not listed in the directory.

  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m at 409/509 if anyone wants to say high tomorrow, have some fun stuff from my collection for show and tell also.

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  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PeakRarities said:
    I’m at 409/509 if anyone wants to say high tomorrow, have some fun stuff from my collection for show and tell also.

    I will stop by tomorrow.

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  • 1madman1madman Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nashvillesque is unfortunately the comprehensive show report for Wednesday

  • NJCoinNJCoin Posts: 2,176 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1madman said:
    Nashvillesque is unfortunately the comprehensive show report for Wednesday

    Surprised it didn't do better, given all the promotion and dealer enthusiasm. If it doesn't pick up tomorrow, maybe it means there is no room for a major show a mere month after the WFOM. They might have better luck next year in Rosemont, a month after OKC, assuming OKC is going to be a bust due to its location.

  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1madman said:
    Nashvillesque is unfortunately the comprehensive show report for Wednesday

    I heard the Nashville comparison from more than a few attendees today. Spot on!

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  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    About to leave. I'm pretty excited!

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  • foodudefoodude Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭
    Greg Allen Coins, LLC Show Schedule: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/573044/our-show-schedule-updated-10-2-16 Authorized dealer for NGC, PCGS, CAC, and QA. Member of PNG, RTT (Founding Platinum Member), FUN, MSNS, and NCBA (formerly ICTA); Life Member of ANA and CSNS. NCBA Board member. "GA3" on CCE.
  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tampa show update: bourse seems to be a bit busier today & that’s good! Lots of buzz locally about the 1875 No S proof dime (hey what about the Eliasberg 1913 Nickel?). Oh yeah, there’s a 1943 Bronze Lincoln too. Expecting a good day….

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  • foodudefoodude Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭

    There are 18 educational exhibits placed throughout the show. If you come, please be sure to pickup a copy of the Numismatic Educational Journey Guide at the Registration Desk.

    Greg Allen Coins, LLC Show Schedule: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/573044/our-show-schedule-updated-10-2-16 Authorized dealer for NGC, PCGS, CAC, and QA. Member of PNG, RTT (Founding Platinum Member), FUN, MSNS, and NCBA (formerly ICTA); Life Member of ANA and CSNS. NCBA Board member. "GA3" on CCE.
  • DscoinDscoin Posts: 340 ✭✭✭✭

    Just an FYI when people say this show is slow it’s really slow. Yesterday when the bourse opened to the public there 30-40 people outside waiting to get in and today it was less than 30. The business is all dealer to dealer. I can’t imagine it being a good show for any dealer.

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  • RandomsRandoms Posts: 159 ✭✭✭

    I'm waiting for the new inventory to hit the dealers sites I watch

  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Randoms said:
    I'm waiting for the new inventory to hit the dealers sites I watch

    I just got back home and let me tell you, dozens of dealers were very on edge. I've never seen a group of grown men so scared. There were very few customers, and when you throw what happened to the gold price in, it results in a bunch of dealers hurriedly shuffling gold around and letting the F word fly. There were even a couple that seemed like they were going to get into a fight. It was a wild show day. I'll post more in my report.

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  • johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is a new show right before election just after a very big show. I see no reason to panic.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,109 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't know if anyone saw this. On the back of linns stamp weekly magazine was a coupon for W-Fri free admission to this show. Savings of $45.

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  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,501 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What is the cost for admission per day?

    Thanksgiving National Battlefield Coin Show is November 29-30, 2024 at the Eisenhower Allstar Sportsplex, Gettysburg, PA. Tables are available. WWW.AmericasCoinShows.com
  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The writer is a true imbecile…

    First line of the article-

    “Owners of U.S. dimes may want to check their pockets and piggy banks, as one rare $0.10 coin is expected to bring in over half of a million dollars by the end of October, and it can be viewed in person in Tampa, Florida this week.”

    Later on in the SAME article…

    "They were both discovered in Proof Sets – so that is the key. They were never issued in regular coins found in change," Russell said. "The Proof Sets were sold by the U.S. Mint in 1975 and shipped to people all across the country. Still, many exist in sealed shipping boxes."

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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 12, 2024 5:43PM

    Build it and they will come? I don't think so. It is too close to the ANA to try to have another major show. There are too many shows. Whitman needs to cut one Baltimore show. I do not think they will. CU needs to cut one of the Long Beach shows. I do not think they will.
    The PAN show seems to be growing but it is too far for me. The MNS show is good and at a great location. The BRNA show is always sold out and is at a very nice venue. The CSNS show is on a comeback.
    The Tampa show sounds like another Nashville.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,315 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looking forward to the show reports!! It sounds like it was a good idea that just didn't take off. Maybe it was the close proximity in time to the ANA or the high admission fee?

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  • NJCoinNJCoin Posts: 2,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 12, 2024 5:11PM

    @johnny010 said:
    This is a new show right before election just after a very big show. I see no reason to panic.

    To be fair, I had very high hopes for the show. Election Day and the ANA were known well beforehand. If they were expected to kill attendance, why would the promoters have scheduled it when they did?

    "Panic" might be too strong a word, since the success of a coin show isn't a life or death matter. But I'll bet everyone involved, from the promoters to the dealers who took tables, are less than thrilled with the results.

  • skier07skier07 Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Unless I lived within close proximity to Tampa I can’t imagine ever going there in the summer unless I was able to piggyback the show with a Tampa Bay Bucs football game vs the LA Rams or LA Chargers.

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,560 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here’s a bourse shot from today. This only shows about half of the floor (or less)…it’s a sizable show.

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  • lermishlermish Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:
    Here’s a bourse shot from today. This only shows about half of the floor (or less)…it’s a sizable show.

    Yikes!

  • goldengolden Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:
    Here’s a bourse shot from today. This only shows about half of the floor (or less)…it’s a sizable show.

    I see my good friend David Kahn in this photo. I don't ever remember seeing no customers at his table.

  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @NJCoin said:

    @skier07 said:
    Unless I lived within close proximity to Tampa I can’t imagine ever going there in the summer unless I was able to piggyback the show with a Tampa Bay Bucs football game vs the LA Rams or LA Chargers.

    That's easy to say, but there is more to it than that. FUN has no trouble attracting a crowd in Orlando in July.

    To me, it just looks like the market is saturated, and there is no need, or demand, for more major shows. The folks behind this certainly know what they are doing, and Tampa is as attractive a location as anywhere, so I doubt they did anything wrong, other than believing "if we build it, they will come."

    I think I must agree here. Larry Shepherd is no rookie and as I said, I love the way it’s set up. The room is spacious and the isles are wide, accessibility is a 10/10. With the hotel that I’m staying at, I take the elevator down from my room and it’s about 100 yards to the front door of the convention center. Another 50 yards to the room where the show is held, which is fantastic and unlike summer fun where you have to walk half a mile after you walk in the front door of the convention center.

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  • johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @NJCoin said:

    @johnny010 said:
    This is a new show right before election just after a very big show. I see no reason to panic.

    To be fair, I had very high hopes for the show. Election Day and the ANA were known well beforehand. If they were expected to kill attendance, why would the promoters have scheduled it when they did?

    "Panic" might be too strong a word, since the success of a coin show isn't a life or death matter. But I'll bet everyone involved, from the promoters to the dealers who took tables, are less than thrilled with the results.

    Yes I agree with you. My thoughts around panic were in relation to the sentiment about the price of gold and grown men being scared.

    Sounds like a great show effort that just needs better timing.

  • GotTheBugGotTheBug Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I feel fortunate to> @MICHAELDIXON said:

    What is the cost for admission per day?

    $15, with a 10% discount for military and veterans. $15 for flat-rate parking in the Convention Center garage, or you can pay by the hour.

  • GotTheBugGotTheBug Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I went on Wednesday and it was pretty dead, which I found rather surprising given the number of prominent dealers in attendance. As a collector, I have no complaints about the show aside from the $15 admission but I am willing to support a new show if it is necessary to help get it off the ground.

    I came away from the show with a strong sense that the pandemic-fueled rocket ride may just about be over.

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,560 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From Gerry Fortin’s blog this morning:

    But first, a word about the Great American Coin and Collectibles coin show that is taking place in Tampa. This is a brand new start-up September show. I spoke with a dealer who is active on the bourse yesterday and the comment was that this event is turning out to be a wholesale show. In other words, there is minimal retail attendance at the event. GFRC was approached to attend the event, but being September, the last thing I wished to do was to fly down to Tampa for roughly five days and be away from the autumn season in Maine. It was a good call as GFRC is mostly a retail dealer in support of its consignor base.

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  • lilolmelilolme Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I went to the Tampa show. I guess I should call it the GACC show since Tampa is out (at least for now).

    The dealer day seemed to be active and there were many tables (I did not count) lined up on both sides of a long room (it was actually several smaller conference rooms with the 'dividers' removed to form a longer room). Several dealers mentioned doing well there.

    The show itself had a few smaller issues but this can sometimes be true with well established shows. However, it was basically setup like a typical larger show or should I say organized well. One thing that was interesting is that the auction houses/companies that normally are upfront and/or directly in front of the entrance were set back a half row or row. Larry had indicated that he thought a show should have dealers with collector coins upfront and that is the way it was.

    Light bulbs - LED 13W (kind of the bottom end of 100W equivalent or just missed) and 5000k. All the same that I saw, except for those that had their own lights. The 5000k does give off a 'white' light that appears brighter.

    As noted by others I saw the attendance by the public was minimal. There were times Wed and early Thur where some people were looking but overall it was slow and then sometimes dead. Talking to several others I got some similar responses but then a few okays and the rare 'did good'. One of these was a dealer with a lot of gold, both in slabs and raw. This is what they indicated was selling for them at the show. Strangely Friday was the best day for some and this with maybe only half a dozen people walking in at 10 AM when the doors opened to the public. Yes, more came in slowly at later times.

    Also will note that the show advertised that there would be an annex with lower priced tables, material and free to get in. This did not happen. It was suppose to be in the rooms where the dealer day happened. Going up to security on Wed morning an elderly guy with a four wheel walker was looking for this. When we approached the area it was empty. I guess they moved them to the main show. And back the other way we went.

    Something I found a little annoying was off and on they had different talks/talkers on a stage at the far side of the convention center. A microphone and speakers that could be heard through much of the convention center. I was told this was to get people into the show versus having these talkers in separate conference rooms outside the convention center.

    Don't know about the next Fort Lauderdale GACC show. I say this because I don't know what people will actually do but in talking to several dealers on Friday and asking about Fort Lauderdale show I got about 2 out of 3 that said 'No' and maybe added an extra word to that. Another thing that came up in the discussions was Spring Break. Some saying that April 1 -4 of 2025 would be spring break time and Fort Lauderdale is a major spring break destination. 'Who wants to be there during that time', except spring breakers. I know nothing about this area and Spring Break time and if it would actually impact the convention center area. But that might not matter to some because they just don't want to take a chance and combined with the first show (Tampa) attendance.

    The cover charge - I don't know how to word this but heard it from one rep and then others telling a similar thing. It was said and this is not a quote, that the cover charge was for the benefit of the dealers in that primarily 'true' collectors would pay to get in and those just looking around mostly not. That is more of the people attending would be buyers and not just perusing. My comment was but some of those just looking around could turn into 'true' collectors. (Sorry just using the term 'true' collector to try to distinguish from someone just looking and not meant to mean anything specific).

    Show Schedules - I read one comment or more on how the 2025 ANA being on August 19 - 23 and the new GACC show being on Sept. 23 - 27 was putting two shows on top of each other. I chuckled a little on this one as they are a month apart (finish to start). For as long as I can recall the 'major' shows (Long Beach, Baltimore, FUN, ANA, CSNS) have had two shows inside of this one month time frame. Actually a month can be a decent amount of time between them. So I thought I would put together a list of these show for 2025 to show what I am indicating (hopefully no typos). Note: with the above there are 11 shows and the GACC adds 2 more. So they often wind up being within a month of each other and even a week.

    2025
    Jan 9 - 11 FUN

    Feb 20 - 22 Long Beach
    Feb 27 - March 1 ANA National Money Show

    March 27 - 29 Baltimore
    April 1 - 5 GACC show
    April 23 - 26 CSNS

    May - empty

    June 19 - 21 Baltimore
    June 26 - 28 Long Beach
    July 10 -12 FUN summer

    August 19 - 23 ANA
    Sept 3 - 6 IMEX (does this count?)
    Sept 23 - 27 GACC show

    Oct 23 - 25 Long Beach (never recall it being this late, normally Sept)
    Nov 6 - 8 Baltimore

    Dec - empty

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,989 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wouldn't think about attending a show with a $15 admission even though I know that's small potatoes considering the various expenses involved with going to a show.

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  • When I used to go to reptile shows there was almost always a cost to get in the door. I was always happy to pay a $10 or $20 entry fee and figured if there wasn't an admission cost then there probably wouldn't be a show. I like saving a buck as much as the next guy, still I can't help but wonder why many coin collectors seem to be put off by a low entry fee to attend a show.

  • goldengolden Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ft. Lauderdale in April at Spring break? Are you kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @golden said:
    Ft. Lauderdale in April at Spring break? Are you kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Can't wait for the show report pics of all the numismatists partying hard with the college kids at the Elbo Room after. If Charmy and Rick Snow aren't doing beer funnels from the second floor I'll be disappointed.

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,560 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,911 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ‘’Doug Winter packed up today in the afternoon, he said this was perhaps the worst show he's ever attended, if not, top 3. Needless to say, his show report is sure to be a hoot! :D

    That is saying something!

    Not wise to miss the Long Beach show as a dealer. Some of my greatest “scores” consistently have come out of Long Beach PCGS show grading. The show last week was no exception.

    Just my 2 cents!

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  • RandomsRandoms Posts: 159 ✭✭✭

    If I’m going to spend a couple hundred dollars I can do that at home. Then I can spend that time I would have spent at the show doing something else.

    If you’re a big spender of course $15 isn’t going to matter. If you budget $500-1000 a show and 10% of that is spent on parking, entrance, etc… You will probably budget your time and money elsewhere

  • lilolmelilolme Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @golden said:
    Ft. Lauderdale in April at Spring break? Are you kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :D
    This reminded me of some of the people a the show as they had a similar reaction and statement.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=_KWVk0XeB9o - Ruby Starr (from 'Go Jim Dandy') Piece Of My Heart
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    https://youtube.com/watch?v=D0FPxuQv2ns - Ruby Starr (from 'Go Jim Dandy') Maybe I'm Amazed

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