CoutrySide, Illinois Coin Show.
carl
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After a very long gruelling trip of about 12 miles, I arrived there before it was scheduled to open at 9AM. Only about 3/4 full of dealers. However, by 10AM almost all tables were full of dealers. Probably about 80 or so dealers. Not sure. Segoja, forum member and a dealer was there and so busy hardly had time to say hi. If your reading this I hope you had a great day there James. Walked around for a good hour looking at so many coins I had to tell myself, SELF, try to focus on why your here. Just wanted to further improve my 10 sets of Lincoln Cents. Ended up spending over $1300 at one dealer with several Lincolns and several Mercury dimes. Met another forum member at that dealer where I spent to much money. Hey Paul, if you read this, PM me if you spent to much money also. Also let me know if you know the name of that dealer. I've been buying stuff from him for years and haven't got the faintest idea of his name. The biggest problem with that CountrySide show is there is just to much to buy and the prices are just to hard to pass up. There is a coin show at that location every second sunday of the Month. Every Month I tell myself to stay away from that place but my car just goes there by force of habit. There are coin shows that are closer on the 3rd Sunday of each Month but no were near as big or as good. There is one more about 10 miles from me but have never been able to find it.
Carl
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<< <i>What! you didn't stop by and say hello!!! >>
Marty had a great exhibit of Whitman CSA currency plates.
<< <i>MadMarty where were you? I looked all over the place but just kept finding coins. You just need a sign saying it's you. I'll look again at the next show. Where were you in respect to Segoja? >>
On the other side of the isle nearer to the stage. Or out on the floor looking for proof sets!
<< <i>Forgot on minor thing. Error coins have tripled in prices. Save your offsets. They are sky rocketing upward. >>
Error coins are worth their weight in gold
Don't know what you heard Durancoins, but I thought that show was great.
I spoke with folks who went to both, and they stated as Carl did, countryside was swamped, Joilet was not as crowded (per the person who went to both shows).
the good news is chicagoland is big enough to support two shows.
Carl - Marty can be seen with his chicken in hand at most every show in Chicago. He's easy to spot.
Countryside was awesome today. Sold well into 5 figures and bought the same.
Had a very very interesting coin walk in:
1976 D Mint Silver Planchet Ike. Not 100% sure if it's real as it was well circulated, but it weighed correctly and certainly sounded like a silver. It would be a great find, as the gentleman was about to bring it to the bank for a 1.00. Hopefully I get it.
Carl Thanks for the report!!!
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<< <i>Matter of priorities. Cabinets can wait and they may actually go down in price. >>
Today was the last day of the sale, so they were going back up tomorrow. Besides, my wife will be much more appreciative of new cabinets than of coins.
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Saw something at that coin show I never saw at one before. A guy sitting at a dealers table talking to someone with his cell phone. Asking things like "Look at the next page. Do I need that coin?"
<< <i>Kind of hard to make judgement on a show you didn't attend.
I spoke with folks who went to both, and they stated as Carl did, countryside was swamped, Joilet was not as crowded (per the person who went to both shows).
the good news is chicagoland is big enough to support two shows.
Carl - Marty can be seen with his chicken in hand at most every show in Chicago. He's easy to spot.
Countryside was awesome today. Sold well into 5 figures and bought the same.
Had a very very interesting coin walk in:
1976 D Mint Silver Planchet Ike. Not 100% sure if it's real as it was well circulated, but it weighed correctly and certainly sounded like a silver. It would be a great find, as the gentleman was about to bring it to the bank for a 1.00. Hopefully I get it.
Carl Thanks for the report!!! >>
Well, I have been to the show in the past - not impressed!
<< <i>the good news is chicagoland is big enough to support two shows. >>
OK, I see your point - now that both shows are over, lets move on to more important things in numismatics
Take I55 North to Joliet Road Exit. Stay on Joilet for a mile or so.
Jim
Oh yeah, the Boy Scouts also had a pretty large meeting there as they were working on their "Coin Collecting" Merit Badges.
Dorancoins, sorry guy , but you just lost a big chunk of credibility!
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They have those shows every second Sunday of every Month. Entrance is free. Parking is enough for hundreds of cars and also free. The food is very expensive and not worth the price. Last summer they charged me a $1 for a cup of Ice as an example of the prices of food there.
Very easy to find. It is just off of highway 12/20/45 on a map. This road is also called Manheim on the North side and I think it changes names when it approaches the town of LaGrange to La Grange Road. If you take that to Joiet Road, turn West for about one block and can't miss it. Joliet Road intersects La Grange Road somewhere about 60 hundred South. In other words just South of 59th Street. Sign on South side of street says COIN SHOW.
Supposed to start at 9AM but every time I go there it is already well under way by then. If you go there and don't like crowds, go early. It really gets hopping by 10AM and if the weather is good, it gets just to crowded for me.
There is supposed to be another coin show in a Town called LaMont somewhere not far from there but I've never been able to find it.
<< <i>The Countryside show is several magnitudes larger and better than the Will County show (which is a once a year event and a "club show"[quite a few collectors behind the tables as opposed to dealers and wannabes]).
Dorancoins, sorry gal , but you just lost a big chunk of credibility! >>
I never lose my credibility - ever! As I try to explain to others on this thread, and I will explain it to you - there are some people who do well at club shows and not so well at commercial shows, and vice versa. I was once a collector like most of the dealers at these shows - and I never forget my roots in the hobby, like the other dealers. Now, sometimes, two shows in the same metro area (like Chicago) can be good. But, I have done shows in the Chicago area in the past - there are some good ones, and some bad ones, like anywhere else. I do the Will County Coin Club show because I do well there every year, and I am a card-carrying member (since 2002). And the comment about "quite a few collectors behind the tables" - your dealers started out like this (and how do you think they (the dealers) know so much about coins)?