Indiana, PA coin show report
kranky
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This was a change of pace for me - a small show in a small town. I don't usually drive 90 minutes for a small show.
They packed the room overly full of dealers, about 30 or so, arranged in an outer and inner ring which made the one aisle very narrow. The early crowd was pretty heavy (I felt out of place, not wearing any camo gear out there in hunting country). Saw keets and vam44.
Didn't take more than an hour to see it all. Most of the coins were raw. The predominate slab was SEGS (by far); a good number of dealers either had no slabs or only a handful. Many of the slabs that were present were ASEs. Lots and lots of proof sets and raw gold for sale. One customer was buying unopened early 60's sets one at a time and opening them up in front of the dealer. Watching it reminded me of playing a slot machine, and both buyer and seller seemed to be having fun with it.
"Gimme one of those 63s."
"You hated the last one."
"I'll try one more" <pays for set> <opens set> "Ah, nothing."
"I told you!" (laughing)
"OK, gimme one of those 61s, the last one was pretty nice."
Saw a lot of people buying recent JFKs and Sacs as singles. Couple dealers wanted to buy junk silver. Most people had tattered notebooks that were referred to frequently as they paged through the binders of 2x2s.
There were so few slabs that it was like going to a show in the 1970's!
They packed the room overly full of dealers, about 30 or so, arranged in an outer and inner ring which made the one aisle very narrow. The early crowd was pretty heavy (I felt out of place, not wearing any camo gear out there in hunting country). Saw keets and vam44.
Didn't take more than an hour to see it all. Most of the coins were raw. The predominate slab was SEGS (by far); a good number of dealers either had no slabs or only a handful. Many of the slabs that were present were ASEs. Lots and lots of proof sets and raw gold for sale. One customer was buying unopened early 60's sets one at a time and opening them up in front of the dealer. Watching it reminded me of playing a slot machine, and both buyer and seller seemed to be having fun with it.
"Gimme one of those 63s."
"You hated the last one."
"I'll try one more" <pays for set> <opens set> "Ah, nothing."
"I told you!" (laughing)
"OK, gimme one of those 61s, the last one was pretty nice."
Saw a lot of people buying recent JFKs and Sacs as singles. Couple dealers wanted to buy junk silver. Most people had tattered notebooks that were referred to frequently as they paged through the binders of 2x2s.
There were so few slabs that it was like going to a show in the 1970's!
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
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