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Cleveland Show report and an old forum member found!!!
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Went to the Cleveland Show today, hopefully the last one with the Thurs-Sat format. From talking with the dealers, they don't seem to care for it that much and didn't seem enticed to stay till the Show's close, many packing up by 1:00 PM and some not even attending the final day. We started out with breakfast at "Bob Evans" and some good talk about forum goings-on, eBay shysters, the new Multi-Coin Holders and the overall state of the hobby, especially Moderns. But enough with talk, we needed to go look at some coins!!
I made my usual lap around the floor taking notes and catching up with what's new for dealers I already know. A few seemed quite anxious to look through their stock when they get home and bring stuff up to next weekends Michigan Show. Others were to busy to talk, but overall the crowd was moderate with plenty of room in the aisles. Things did pick up by noon, just not like it normally is for these shows. At the same time, I've gotten a good look at what most of these guys have over the last several months and didn't see a lot that pulled me in, so it was easy to keep moving.
Mdwoods, who was conspicuous in his abscence from breakfast, finally showed up and together with kranky and quarterjack we held an impromptu show-and-tell. Md had a nice mixture of classics and some ultra-high grade moderns, quarterjack had some beautiful Washingtons and kranky brought along a few coins to sell which included a very nice 1954 Jefferson. He was awarded a free ride on the lowball-jack-express for his efforts!!
I was fortunate to find a dealer who had several nice So-Called Dollars. I bought an ANACS 1907 Jamestown Tercenteniary in bronze which prompted the days best witicism from kranky. You see, it has a portrait on the obverse of Pocohantas and Jim mentioned that there aren't any pictures of her, so how would they know what she looks like. I thought it was funny.
The guy lives about 2 hours away and evidentally has a nice collection that he's starting to sell off. What a fortunate meeting it could be. Aside from that one medal, all I bought were a few raw Jeffersons for an album I'm assembling. There were plenty of commems again and a particularly nice Huguenot that stood out. I balked, not willing to pay 25% over sheet.
The days education was given by Gus of Acropolis Coin on the topic of PVC identification. He seems to be a nice gent and I was pleased to listen while he gave some insight on PVC contamination in it's later stages. Unfortunately, it was on a coin I own!!! Oh well, nobody said education was cheap.
At the same time, he showed us some late 30's slabbed proof sets he was selling. WOWZER!!!!
The old forum member was none other than................Dennis Tarrant of Jade Coin. I think I got that right, but someone correct me if it's wrong. We had a chance to talk early on and look at some nice classics he had, Bust Half-Dollars and Half-Cents. I can only wonder why a knowledgeable dealer like him gets the boot?? But hey, I never claimed to understand politics. After the show we hiked back to "Bob Evans" and introduced Mdwoods to the staff there, explaining that he was the guy who was AWOL from breakfast!!
All-in-all it was a good show, educational and entertaining. I would encourage all collectors to get out to as many shows as possible and look at all the coins you can. Compare and critique in your own mind, take notes if you need to. Talk to the dealers and other collectors, learn how to grade and discuss what others are seeing with them while you can both look at the same coin. Focus on what you like, work from a set list instead of buying randomly and be selective. Does it get any better than this??
Al H.
I made my usual lap around the floor taking notes and catching up with what's new for dealers I already know. A few seemed quite anxious to look through their stock when they get home and bring stuff up to next weekends Michigan Show. Others were to busy to talk, but overall the crowd was moderate with plenty of room in the aisles. Things did pick up by noon, just not like it normally is for these shows. At the same time, I've gotten a good look at what most of these guys have over the last several months and didn't see a lot that pulled me in, so it was easy to keep moving.
Mdwoods, who was conspicuous in his abscence from breakfast, finally showed up and together with kranky and quarterjack we held an impromptu show-and-tell. Md had a nice mixture of classics and some ultra-high grade moderns, quarterjack had some beautiful Washingtons and kranky brought along a few coins to sell which included a very nice 1954 Jefferson. He was awarded a free ride on the lowball-jack-express for his efforts!!
I was fortunate to find a dealer who had several nice So-Called Dollars. I bought an ANACS 1907 Jamestown Tercenteniary in bronze which prompted the days best witicism from kranky. You see, it has a portrait on the obverse of Pocohantas and Jim mentioned that there aren't any pictures of her, so how would they know what she looks like. I thought it was funny.
The guy lives about 2 hours away and evidentally has a nice collection that he's starting to sell off. What a fortunate meeting it could be. Aside from that one medal, all I bought were a few raw Jeffersons for an album I'm assembling. There were plenty of commems again and a particularly nice Huguenot that stood out. I balked, not willing to pay 25% over sheet.The days education was given by Gus of Acropolis Coin on the topic of PVC identification. He seems to be a nice gent and I was pleased to listen while he gave some insight on PVC contamination in it's later stages. Unfortunately, it was on a coin I own!!! Oh well, nobody said education was cheap.
At the same time, he showed us some late 30's slabbed proof sets he was selling. WOWZER!!!!The old forum member was none other than................Dennis Tarrant of Jade Coin. I think I got that right, but someone correct me if it's wrong. We had a chance to talk early on and look at some nice classics he had, Bust Half-Dollars and Half-Cents. I can only wonder why a knowledgeable dealer like him gets the boot?? But hey, I never claimed to understand politics. After the show we hiked back to "Bob Evans" and introduced Mdwoods to the staff there, explaining that he was the guy who was AWOL from breakfast!!
All-in-all it was a good show, educational and entertaining. I would encourage all collectors to get out to as many shows as possible and look at all the coins you can. Compare and critique in your own mind, take notes if you need to. Talk to the dealers and other collectors, learn how to grade and discuss what others are seeing with them while you can both look at the same coin. Focus on what you like, work from a set list instead of buying randomly and be selective. Does it get any better than this??
Al H.
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Ali
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
al h.
On eBay I like to buy coins with limited downside risk, which are ususally inexpensive. I'll almost never purchase raw coins via eBay, etc.
However, at the shows, or in a coin shop, I usually enjoy looking through raw coins (mostly Morgans) for some that may have alot of uspide potential and/or which will upgrade my current Morgan collection. I enjoy picking out PL/DMPL's that are priced around avg. "Frosty" BU prices. Some are really scarce and challenging to find...
As you mentioned, there's also the social aspect of joining friends at the shows to share the colelcting experience, by swapping stories and also swapping coins...
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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