Currency did well for me at Central States

Cougar1978

Had a great time at Central States. Graded notes did very well for me especially CSA / Obsoletes, Mexico Banco notes, and top / low pop World.

Non TPG graded notes did well also. A lot of it came down to design attractiveness. Notes with animals, railroad scenes, ocean or mountain scenery, etc. —many shopping in the $10-$25 stacks for like one for their bd year, etc.

sellitstore

It sounds like a continuation of the rise in interest in paper money and some other collectibles during the past few years, post Covid.

Serial_no_8

Good to hear that World paper seems to be doing well. Thanks for sharing!

For those who may not be familiar with the term "Central States" (like myself) @Cougar1978 means the Central States Numismatic Association convention which was just held recently in Schaumburg Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). From the site (& number of dealers at the bourse) it looked big & well done.

sellitstore

Central States, St Louis and Memphis used to be the big three midwestern paper money shows every year a few decades ago. Baltimore, Long Beach and FUN were then and still are the big ones on the coasts.

2ndCharter

Sigh, I miss Memphis and St. Louis. Made 33 Memphis/Kansas City shows and at least a dozen St. Louis shows. All paper, all the time.

johnny9434

@2ndCharter said:
Sigh, I miss Memphis and St. Louis. Made 33 Memphis/Kansas City shows and at least a dozen St. Louis shows. All paper, all the time.

i wish we still had the coin fest here in ct. glad to hear you made out well, cougar