Tallahassee Numismatic Club two-day coin show report, in five bullet points
OldeTowneCoinShoppe
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The Tallahassee Numismatic Club held a very small, but unexpectedly highly successful coin show at the Senior Center, 1400 North Monroe, July 26-27. I'll give a few observations:
(1) With only some six weeks to advertise the show and get dealers signed up, we more than doubled our dealer presence, and by our unofficial tally, had ten times the amount of attendance as last year. Advertising emphasized the opportunity for sellers to collect offers from multiple dealers, and the effect was apparent from dealer comments, as ALL observed an unusually high percentage of attendees coming in with items to sell.
(2) My total sales were about $8000 -- indicative of a very small show -- but nearly everything I sold was non-bullion with one notable exception. I sold a roll of "pretty Mercury dimes" grading AU-58 - UNC, for $425. Interestingly, in terms of dollars, most of my sales were World coins although my specialty is U.S. early type. But then again, of my $6000 in world coin sales, $5000 of that was to a single buyer who picked up three gold pieces that I had priced VERY strongly.
(3) My total purchases were about $1500. That said, being President of the club and bourse chairman, I had the highest-advantage table and intentionally diflected the vast majority of possible purchases in order to give other dealers ample opportunity to make good deals. I could have easily quadrupled my purchases otherwise. For example, I turned away a sizable 90% deal, and saw it being purchased not fifteen minutes later by another dealer.
(4) We had two dealers walking the floor and given the obvious success of our little show, they immediately expressed virtual commitment on-the-spot for next year's show. Our plan is to limit growth to five additional dealers in 2026. Furthermore, every single dealer and myself have expressed tremendous appreciation for our club volunteers who made it possible to set up and break down the bourse floor incredibly quickly, and who also patronized all of the dealers present.
(5) My favorite purchase is depicted below although the pictures are sadly deficient in showing how nice this Jefferson Nickel collection really is. I will be upgrading several pieces in my personal sets with some of these beauties!
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That's a nice looking Jeff set. Congrats on a successful show. My local club puts on an annual show in October. It's always a good time, I can hardly wait.
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More show positivity. A good sign for the hobby.
Nice show report
Can you expand on how this was organized / accomplished?
Sure: tallahasseecoinclub.com/
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thanks for sharing, love hearing about shows
Thank you. That was a great idea.