ANA and TSNS show reports.

golden

I left home early on Wednesday for the drive to Atlanta. After an hour and a half, I went through the Hardee's drive through for breakfast. I soon came upon stopped traffic. It took an hour and 20 minutes to go 6 miles! When I got to the outskirts of Atlanta there was more slow traffic for a couple of miles. I got to the hotel in late afternoon.

On Thursday after breakfast at the hotel, I got to the convention center parking garage ( $10 ) at 9:05. I had pre-registered, so I had my badge. I went in at the 9:30 opening. I first stopped at David Lawrence to pay for an auction win on Sunday. I had a nice chat with John. Moving around the bourse floor I would call the attendance ok but there was not a buzz. I looked at some National Bank Notes with Merideth at Kagin's but did not purchase any. I saw a drop dead beautifully toned 1837 Bust Half Dollar in PCGS 65 priced at $12,500. It is not anything that I need. I talked with a currency dealer and a collector about nationals recently sold at auction. After a couple of hours, I had bought nothing and decided to call it a day.

I then drove to a parking lot at one of the areas of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. I got out and walked 3.5 miles along the river. It was a beautiful day.

Friday morning, I checked out of the hotel and drove to the TSNS show in Chattanooga ( East Ridge ),Tn. The bourse tables are usually sold out. This time I counted 18 empty tables. The crowd was very decent. Most for coins at this show are either raw or Silver Dollars in slabs. The only rare coins that I saw were a 1792 Half Disme in PCGS F. details damaged and a 1797 Half Dollar in PCGS G-4. I did not find anything that I needed so after a little while I headed for home. I did not buy anything on this trip but had a good time

EBSnumismatics

John Brush is a GREAT guy! Always good to see him.

Sorry to hear you didn’t buy anything, but glad you had a good time nonetheless.

I was working the TSNS show, so no Atlanta ANA for me. BUT, for some reason, I think I know what table those two rare coins you mentioned were at

RichieURich

Nice report, thanks for posting it! Do you recall the asking prices on the 1792 half disme or the 1797 half dollar?

golden

@RichieURich said:
Nice report, thanks for posting it! Do you recall the asking prices on the 1792 half disme or the 1797 half dollar?

I did not ask.

RichieURich

@golden said:

@RichieURich said:
Nice report, thanks for posting it! Do you recall the asking prices on the 1792 half disme or the 1797 half dollar?

i did not ask.

OK, thanks!

UpGrayedd

Thanks for the report.