Where does the term "Bourse Floor" come from?
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Question: Where does the term bourse come from?
Answer: The word "bourse" is French for purse. It later became the word used to describe the French stock exchange (where the money goes in and out) and evolved from there into meaning a place where money is traded. It was adopted to mean a coin show or "bourse floor."
--Bruce Amspacher, PCGS"
<< <i>Is there a "bourse basement?" >>
I'm not sure about that, but I've attended shows that had "bourse (parking) garages" and "bourse gyms".
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<< <i>I hear it pronouced as "bourse" - but if it's French, should it be "bour-say"?
You must not have taken French language classes
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<< <i>Is there a "bourse basement?" >>
I'm not sure about that, but I've attended shows that had "bourse (parking) garages" and "bourse gyms".
The show often held at the Ramada Inn in New Carrollton, Maryland could be said to have a "bourse basement" as it is on the underground level below a parking deck.
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No. If that were the case, there would be an accent aigu over the e, like this: é
Is there a "bourse basement?"
Yes. At Filene's.
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Well the "bourse" room at the New Carrollton, Maryland Sheraton/Ramada has been called many things including the "Pits of Sheraton". In reality it was an underground parking garage, converted into a convention facility, that constantly leaked and the roof would move and creak every time a vehicle parked on the upper level. It was hot in the summar and cold in the winter. It was really not a very nice facility, but we had some really amazing coin shows there for many years.
One of the most memorable was the "Snow Show" where 400 coin dealers got into the facility by 3 P.M. on Thursday, just before it started snowing for three days, and it didn't stop snowing until Sunday. The entire Washington area was completely shut down and driving was impossible with three feet of snow everywhere. Total public attendance for the show was ..........3...........
Even today, over 20 years later, dealers still say it was one of the best shows they ever had. We had a very "captive" audience and the dealers were very content to sit there and do business amongst themselves. All the local restaurants were closed, and the hotel ran out of food and drink, but our dealer Hospitality Room didn't. It was quite a weekend. My room at the Sheraton (top floor) actually had several feet of snow inside it from the wind blowing the snow through the sides of the window.
I just happened to run across some photos recently that we took at the "snow show" and plan on bringing them up to the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention next week and put out a display at the Convention Office. Ed Kuszmar
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
A Bourse is a stock exchange. The Philadelphia Bourse was the first in the world to house simultaneously a stock exchange, maritime exchange, and grain-trading center. Under the guidance of Philadelphia businessman George Bartol, the exchange thrived. However, as the business community moved westward in the city the sun started setting on the Bourse. In 1982, the Bourse was renovated to a combination shopping mall and office complex.
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