Is a 20 table coin show worth traveling 70 miles for?

mrpaseo

I have the opportunity to attend one next week end (This would be my first coin show ever). But if it's not worth the 70 mile drive, maybe I'll pass.

What do you think?
Ray

Coinerww

I think so.

kieferscoins

Yes, if you have money to buy coins with. If you aren''t looking for anything it might not be worth it.

Cameron Kiefer

Barry

Depends what you're collecting. If Morgans, Lincolns, etc., yes. If more esoteric stuff, probably not.

Tootawl

I travel 2 hours to go to Mike Dixon's shows. 70 miles ain't so bad.

JamminJ

Since you've never been to a coin show it's not a bad idea to start with a smaller one. I say go for it, especially if you can get a collecting friend to meet you there or share the ride.

My first coin show was Long Beach and it was quite overwhelming.

-JamminJ

ANACONDA

Got a good stereo in the car? Much traffic?

Tootawl

I know what you mean JamminJ. My first coin show was Baltimore. When we entered the boarse, my buddy and I didn't know where to start. I said to him "how 'bout that table in front of us?"

tgilliams

i sure would drive the 140 mile round trip. you never know what you'll find and learn. you'll be glad you went

majorbigtime

Seems like a long drive, especially so since most small coin shows don't have much to offer numismatically.

berylcoin

If one dealer is worth a 3 minute drive that would make 20 dealers worth an hour drive wouldn't it?

BC

291fifth

<< <i>If one dealer is worth a 3 minute drive that would make 20 dealers worth an hour drive wouldn't it?

BC >>



The problem is that these days there aren't many dealers that are worth a 20 minute drive.

Rampage

All you need is one good table and it would have been worth the ride and then some.

RELLA

Ray,

Where's the show? Perhaps it would also be an opportunity to meet some fellow board members. Either way I say go for it; there's gotta be some fun stuff to look at even if there's nothing for your collection. Maybe you'll even develop a new numismatic interest, or make a connection with a dealer you would not have otherwise met.

I'm driving about 350 miles this coming weekend to attend a 20 table show; but I'm kinda nuts.

RELLA

ziggy29

As long as you don't set your expectations too high, if you're interested, I think it could be fun. It might be a good chance to meet with some other local dealers and collectors. If others know what you're looking for, it always helps to have other sets of eyes and ears looking for them (and you could return the favor).

sliderider

Geez, only 70 miles?? You call yourself a coin collector? Hmm...would be a tough choice for me, too. If there are going to be any dealers there who you particularly like doing business with, then yes. If it's a themed show focusing on a series that you collect, then yes (you'd be surprised at the number of small shows held in firehouses and Nat. Guard armories that I've been too that focused only on Morgan dollars, Buffalo Nickels, etc. Gives the local dealers a chance to clean out overstock in that series, I guess.) You never know, though. Some of the best bargains can be had in small, out of the way venues where the big dogs never go.

coppercoins

I travel 225 miles once a quarter to go to a show with 30 dealers....then I drive back home in the same day. A show 70 miles away is nothing.

mgoodm3

Depends on who those 20 tables are.

mrpaseo

The show is about 20 miles outside of Nashville, my wife found it and got directions (Man I love my wife) now we just need to come up with some money How much should I bring? I'm thinking about a hundred bucks will do (Thats about all I can scrounge up, and thats dipping into the mortgage reserves) not to worry I get paid again on the 15 where the money will be there to recover the dipping

Man you guys are tough Thanks for all the opinions

Ray

uncleb

I'll travel 70 miles for a good steak, so a coin show of any size would be worth it. In these parts, it is not uncommon for me to drive a 500 mile round trip for such a show.

UncleWiggly

I hope you will be pleasently surprised. Go and see for yourself. I've only been to 3 shows. Houston, Pittsburgh and the recent local Austin Show. I liked wandering around the tables at the Austin Show just as much as the 2 bigger shows. Go!


Jerry