Is anyone going to Delaware coin show next weekend?

sadysta1

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Barry

I'll be there Friday, mid-late afternoon. Beat the weekend rush!

1956Quarter

Yup! Hope to make it Friday morning. I'm also hoping the dealers who had rolls of Franklins are back and have the dates I need.

Tade

When and Where?

sadysta1

It's in Claymont DE a spit from PA border right off I-495 exit 2 for Philadelphia Pike. Since some of us have to workI'll be there Saturday or Sunday.

1956Quarter

Back from the show. The place was torn up pretty bad as the new hall owners are renovating, and from what I hear, making it known that the coin club is not welcome back. HUMPH! They will have the show next year in New Castle just south of Wilmington at a place called NUR Temple. Its a shriners hall, very nice clean place with lots of space and a kitchen. Oh, plenty of parking too. The show was the busiest I've seen for the Delaware show. I was happy because we don't have an abumdance of dealers in the area, and their stock turns over very slowly. I was picking hard for high end raw Franklins and Washington Quarters. The Franklins as expected were tough. Lots of coins to choose from, but finding the few dates I needed was a challenge, then finding ones that were not marked up horribly and marked at MS-64 or MS-65 (HA!!!) was almost impossible. I looked at about 70 halfs and came home with 3 more for the collection including a 1951 D in a solid true MS-64 with FBL. I looked at a few slabs, but as expected they were junk with marks and edge nicks slabed at MS-65 and other high grades that were not even close. Gosh I hate slabs.... The quarters were more plentiful, and I sat for several hours going over a lot of the dates and MM I needed. I finished off the 50's dates and took another chunk out of the 40's dates. I have 5 more 40's dates to go and then I need to get the serious bucks out as I'll need to fill those last 30's spots. Prices were generally very reasonable and dealers were willing to discount and bargain. Many dealers were looking to buy. There was a good variety of coins as well. At least one dealer with a ton of goregeous Morgans. His table was just ablaze with them, and was a sight to see. Lots of gold and currency was out as well, but I didn't see a lot of the gold moving. Saw quite a few collectors doing dimes, Mercury and Roosevelts which were hot. Thats about it for now.