Coin Show Report - Parsippany, NJ
DaveG
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I went to the monthly, 80-table show in Parsippany, NJ this morning. As usual, this show is quite busy and it's hard to get down the aisles. Today, for perhaps the first time, there were five or six dealers in a separate room, so I guess this show is growing. (Harco, the book dealer, sets up in this side room when they're there, but they weren't there today.) The show seemed pretty busy today. All the usual wholesalers were there, as was Jules Karp and Mr. Kleinman. I saw a number of people I hadn't seen before who were walking their cases of coins from one dealer's table to another.
There was the usual amount of material today, lots of Unc. Morgans, Unc. later date Walkers, etc., but nothing that really caught my eye. As usual, there was a noticeable absence of better mid-19th and 18th century material.
I stopped to chat with Jon Lerner and saw Barberman55 from a distance, but didn't get to say hello (I thought that a gold sweatshirt would really stand out, but I saw three guys wearing gold sweatshirts!)
The real high point of the show for me, though, was talking to njcoincrank and looking through his inventory! Talk about OOH and AHH! He had two proof Morgan dollars, one with a lot of toning and one that was blast white (dipped). How often does one get a chance to compare two proof Morgans side-by-side? He also had a couple of proof Barber quarters (Ya know, it's actually possible for a Barber coin to be pretty!)
Because I spent a lot of time with njcoincrank, I didn't get to cover the floor exhaustively, so I may have missed a lot. I didn't see much better-date gold, nor did I see the 1847 half eagle in NGC-55 that I saw at Clifton a few weeks ago (either it was sold or the dealer wasn't at Parsippany - I'll have to look for it again at Clifton).
All-in-all, it was a good Parsippany show, but visiting with njcoincrank was priceless!
There was the usual amount of material today, lots of Unc. Morgans, Unc. later date Walkers, etc., but nothing that really caught my eye. As usual, there was a noticeable absence of better mid-19th and 18th century material.
I stopped to chat with Jon Lerner and saw Barberman55 from a distance, but didn't get to say hello (I thought that a gold sweatshirt would really stand out, but I saw three guys wearing gold sweatshirts!)
The real high point of the show for me, though, was talking to njcoincrank and looking through his inventory! Talk about OOH and AHH! He had two proof Morgan dollars, one with a lot of toning and one that was blast white (dipped). How often does one get a chance to compare two proof Morgans side-by-side? He also had a couple of proof Barber quarters (Ya know, it's actually possible for a Barber coin to be pretty!)
Because I spent a lot of time with njcoincrank, I didn't get to cover the floor exhaustively, so I may have missed a lot. I didn't see much better-date gold, nor did I see the 1847 half eagle in NGC-55 that I saw at Clifton a few weeks ago (either it was sold or the dealer wasn't at Parsippany - I'll have to look for it again at Clifton).
All-in-all, it was a good Parsippany show, but visiting with njcoincrank was priceless!
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myCCset
had a lot of dipped junk. Finding a table with none of them was few. I couldnt believe some of the junk for sale. I was looking for a 1800-08 half cent in VF/XF to no avail. The coins I liked had rim problems. Only saw about 30-40 total raw there. I'll wait. I should set up a table and call myself a coin dealer, because some of these guys are complete idiots that sell total crap.
You should have said hello, it was pretty slow going for me...........no new material to look at. I collect circulated Barber quarters and halves, in grades VF thru AU, and I didn't see any new material at all worth mentioning. The 5 or 6 new dealers, that were set up in the other room, didn't have anything interesting in my area of collecting either. I miss the book guy..........he always has an unbelievable selection of numismatic literature.
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I'm not surprised you didn't find any new Barber quarters and halves - they're pretty thin on the ground!
I would have said 'Hello', but when I first saw you out of the corner of my eye you were about 10 feet away, but then I got distracted and I didn't see you again.
Maybe I'll have another chance to say 'Hello' next month?
The book dealer is usually at the White Plains show, but I don't know if he'll be at the Thanksgiving show, since it's in a new location.
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