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JRocco

<< <i>SCORE! As I was cracking out the 1883 Shield Nickel that I just got, I put it under the loupe and discovered that it is actually an 1883/2 variety ... YES >>



That is a great score----that coin just went up by a factor of 10

Flyfishguy

Have you ever noticed that John McIntosh ALWAYS is one of the busiest dealers at shows. If more dealers had his personality, coin shows would be a lot more fun.

Coxe

<< <i>My favorite dealer at this show was John McIntosh (and son) ... he kept flipping a coin against me for prices. >>



Mac is a really terrific guy. I have sold him a lot of coins and he is always fair. I am sure you always engage Don Rinkor in conversation as I do too, another of the good ones (even if he can be rough pricer sometimes).

coinlieutenant

Mcintosh always cracks me up with that coin flip. I think he really loves the gamble.

Fletcher

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Fletcher

DAMN ... don't drink and crack! I just cut the bejesus out of my finger on a PCGS au58 slab

Leiana

<< <i>DAMN ... don't drink and crack! I just cut the bejesus out of my finger on a PCGS au58 slab >>



Owie. You're day sounded great until that.

-Amanda

dizzyfoxx

I was there. It was small, but . I'll take a small coin show over no coin show anytime.

WTCG

Not only do collectors like John McIntosh, but John is a favorite with most dealers as well. I think Fletcher is abnormally lucky with the "flip" with John, since his percentage for winning is astronomically high.

The "gift of the gab" keeps John busy while the rest of the floor looks like a desert.

Coxe

<< <i>DAMN ... don't drink and crack! I just cut the bejesus out of my finger on a PCGS au58 slab >>



Hope you didn't any blood on the coin. Redfield spots are bad enough.

(Cut my thumb open good too yesterday but not cracking a coin.)

SanctionII

I went to the Fremont show yesterday for a few hours. As usual the venue is small, the aisles narrow and the show was very crowded. I spent more time talking to people I know than looking for coins. I met WTCG and introduced myself. He had two display cases filled with very nice slabbed coins, including some beautiful toned coins. I think of collectors and dealers being older 40', 50's and up. WTCG looked to be in his late 20's or early 30's. It is great to see young blood involved in the hobby.

I looked for raw MS coins to fill holes in my Dansco Type Set. I ended up not buying anything. The lower priced coins ($100.00 or less) I looked at lacked the quality and eye appeal I want for the set. The coins with the quality and eye appeal were priced higher than I was willing to pay for raw coins that I am not familiar with (I need to educate myself to the point where I am comfortable with the particular coin series or enlist the help of a dealer I trust).

On my way back home I stopped by a local shop however and did pick up a Capital holder filled with MS Silver Roosies for $100.00. I will post separately about it.

All in all a fun way to spend a few hours.

CoinMiner1

The Fremont coin show venue is at the Elks club. Although the space is rather small, the hall maintains the bonus of maintaining an active bar and grill.

Since the floor is pretty packed, and you have trouble moving around the narrow and crowded aisles, this may provide the appearance that more people are there than the numbers would verify. Always thought a great service for someone to provide the coin community is a running tally of each show, deales, and paid attendees. Of course, Fremont and other similar shows are free, so keeping an attendence score would prove more difficult.

I, too, found not only the crowd but the dealers were an older crowd that attended this show (compared to the Vallejo, Santa Clara, and San Jose shows earlier this year). Several talked about retirement. There were not as many young numismatists that you find at a larger shows.

One benefit of a smaller show is that the display cases set up by the host coin club form a more prominent portion of the bourse and garner more attention then they might at a larger hall; most deserved imho.

JSsson

I attended the show on Saturday for several hours and I agree that the show and the aisles were crowded for all of the morning hours and for part of the afternoon. It was great to see some of my favorite dealers from the area and it was great to get reaquainted with them since I had not attended a coin show for several months.

John McIntosh and Art McBride had some very pretty Morgan Dollars on display and it was extremely hard to find time to spend with John McIntosh since his table was packed for the whole time I was there and Art McBride seemed busy as well. There was also another table with some very pretty Standing Liberty Quarters which were fun to look at even though I don't collect those. I also stopped by Wei's table and as SanctionII says he did in fact have some very nice proof coins in several denominations as well as a nice selection of Morgan Dollars. This was a great show overall and I can't wait for the upcoming Carson City coin show in late August and the Sacramento coin shows in October and November.