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First Coin Show in Clifton NJ tom

any ideas what to expect. what should i be looking to buy with my 150$ . what should i stay away from ?
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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Buy whatever you like and feel comfortable judging grades on.
    Have fun.
  • atarianatarian Posts: 3,116
    i suck at grading all i knwo is a ag 3 coin is not a ms 70. hehe. anyone here going to the show? selling at the showl i hope so cause i can use some help. and friendly faces to buy from
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  • When is the Clifton show?
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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,158 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WHERE in Clifton is this show?
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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been to that one. It's not that big. Maybe 20 - 25 tables. Lots of mid to lower grade slabs & lots of raw stuff.
    I went once about 2 years ago & never went back. The Parsippany Show is far superior & is the first Sunday of every
    month. Pal Building on Baldwin Rd. just off of Rt.46 East.

    Info on the Clifton Show: Clifton Coin Show

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,405 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think DaveG goes to Clifton...

    While I haven't been there, I can recommend the Parsippany show... largest regularly scheduled show in the US image
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  • atarianatarian Posts: 3,116
    1232 main street clifton nj


    tell me more about the parsip show. so now we knoe what this show is gonna be like is anyone else going. what should i look for at this show
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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    About 50 or 60 tables & everything under the sun. Slabs ranging from moderns to rare gold. Quite a bit of raw coinage
    and a big section dedicated to just books & supplies. Dealers selling U.S. Mint & Proof sets, U.S. currency and also some
    foreign coins. There's something for everyone. And they have a little food concession if you're hungry. Blow off Clifton and
    go to Parsippany on November 2.


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  • atarianatarian Posts: 3,116
    well i got 500 for this showand ill have 500 for the par sop show in 2 weeks . hehe i love how that works out but i doubt ill use all 500 now.
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  • Hey cosmos; wanna go to the next Parsippany show? I wanted to attend the last show but, coachin' the munchkin football team had taken precedence that particular weekend...Gimme a hollar!
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  • DaveGDaveG Posts: 3,535
    I went to the Clifton Show (third Sunday of the month, Sep-June) as usual this morning. The Clifton show has about 25-30 dealers and usually features decent junk boxes, lower-grade raw US coins, some decent foreign coins and a couple of foreign currency dealers (one of whom also has US checks) and a couple of post card dealers. As far as slabbed US coins go, there are usually a lot of minor grading service slabs, a lot of ANACS slabs and some PCGS or NGC type coins and Morgan dollars, etc. In general, the Clifton Show has lower priced items than Parsippany. Interestingly, though, the Clifton Show does attract almost all of the wholesale dealers I usually see at Parsippany. Also, Carl Bombara used to bring his outstanding inventory of US currency to Clifton, but I haven't seen him in a while.

    In contrast, the Parsippany show (first Sunday of the month) has about 80 dealers and is large enough to attract dealers who also do the White Plains and Baltimore shows. You can find much nicer US material at this show, but not too much foreign.

    Different shows for different interests, in my opinion.

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