NEWPS from 4/17 West Haven, CT show

1960NYGiants

Went to the West Haven show today. The show was dead with less than half of the usual amount of tables and little traffic.

Which was good for me because Allen Berman was set up and I was able to leisurely go thru all his inventory. I asked him about the Papal market since the death of JPII. He said that he expects that there will be a short bubble (price increase vs demand) on JPII material but so far he has not seen a change in buying activity. BTW he had two double row boxes of Papal medals, bronze and silver, going back to the 1600's. Some of it is very pricey.

I only bought 7 coins today, all from Allen including my 1st hammered Austria Hall mint thaler c.1594. Here are 3 of them:

Austria Hall mint c.1594 Thaler, D8100, VF with small flan flaw at the neck line.


Turkey Ottoman Empire 1789 Yuzluk, KM507 VF with adjustment marks.


Essequibo & Demeray 1813 1/2 stiver token, KM9 AU shimmering chocolate brown. This piece is also a doubled die obv most noticable at HRM's ear, he has a slightly doubled profile and the legends are doubled ccw.


Enjoy!

Gene

AuldFartte

Fabulous pieces, Gene

And that George III copper ... awesome

ajaan

Nice coins. I would love to just sit down and go through Berman's inventory. What an educational experience that would be.

spinaker2000

Yes it would be an "experience"!

edited to add; nice buys!

1960NYGiants

Thanks guys. Allen will be set up at the CICF in Chicago next weekend. And again in West Haven in May.

Gene

JamminJ

<< <i>...including my 1st hammered Austria Hall mint thaler c.1594. >>



These were made with roller dies.

-JamminJ

1960NYGiants

oops!

Thanks Jammin' - how 'bout that, learned something new today.

Gene

mrearlygold

cosmicdebris

Nice stuff.

I haven't been to the West Haven show since they started the One in New Haven near Lighthouse park. I am missing anything?

1960NYGiants

Cosmic - I'm on Allen's email list that he sends out to announce when he sets up in West Haven. It is the only show in CT that he sets up at, so I try to attend whenever he's there. Next show is May 15th, I think.

I've yet to attend the New Haven Show. Heard it's basically a lightside show with no darkside dealers. Their next show is May 8th.

Next show for me is the spring Hartford show this Sunday (24th). It has about 25-30 dealers of which 4 or 6 are mostly Darkside.

Gene

cosmicdebris

Gene there are several dealers with darkside stuff at the New Haven show. One with alot of older material and one with a lot of newer issues, mainly modern NCLT.

JZrarities

Nice coins - LOVE the Thaler...

Steve27

Nice thaler and that 1/2 stiver is a super example.

laurentyvan

Essequibo & Demeray 1813 1/2 stiver token, KM9 AU shimmering chocolate brown- Gorgeous!!

I really need to know (to quiet my uneasy mind) what you paid for this coin-it is simply beautiful. If you feel awkward about sharing the price, please PM me.

JamminJ

<< <i>oops!

Thanks Jammin' - how 'bout that, learned something new today.

Gene >>



Here's a picture of a roller die, courtosy of GDJSMP across the street:

1960NYGiants

Laurent - $38, Allen graded it sharp XF. I gave it an acetone bath to remove some dirt and because it was in an old soft flip and voila!

Jammin' - the pic of the roller dies did not come thru.

Gene

wynswept

Hi there,

Thought I would respond to a fellow Nutmeger! Have you ever been to the Waterford/New London area and Whaling City Coins? He opens generally by appointment and keeps the doors locked when he is there. I found some pleasant surprises there a couple of years ago. An old time collecter/seller with lots of great information.
I may still have his card if I search for it and you're interested.

Coins look good. We have a good show here in North Carolina in June if you are interested in coming to the Southland!


Debbie

1960NYGiants

Hi Debbie,

I've bought coins from Whaling City Coins when they would set up at Willimantic. I don't recall seeing him (or their table) at this year's show.

Gene

wynswept

Hmmm...wonder if he is still in the biz. Over the weekend I think I will dig up his card and see what I get. I remember he had a beauty of a gold Polish coin I almost bought. Let ya know what I find out if interested?