Weyers Cave, VA, Show Report
toreador74
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Since it appears no one has posted anything about this weekend's show, thought I would add my thoughts...
The Shenandoah Valley Coin Club organizes this show and it used to be at the Expoland in Fishersville for those who have been to that show before. The last time I recall they had a show there (Dec. 2005), there were very few dealers there. So I was curious how it would change now that they have moved down the valley a bit to the Weyers Cave Community Center. The show ran 1 to 6 on Friday, 10 to 6 on Saturday, and I believe its going to be 10 to 2 today (Sunday).
I went down on Saturday, arriving about 9:30 but glad I did because the parking lot was fairly full by 10 am. Walked in a few minutes before opening time, but it appeared the show was basically underway with "customers". A quick walk-through gave me a quick estimate of maybe 40 dealers? Much bigger than at Fishersville, probably because they have more room now.
What I Didn't See - obvious signs of Marine commemoratives; San Francisco Mint commemoratives; 20th Anniversary AGE and ASE sets; and dealers pushing pre-1982 Lincoln cents; Canadian silver dollars. I also am having trouble finding AU-condition Walkers from 1939 and 1940 and XF-condition from the 1938 and before, as well as 1912 Barber quarters and halfs in VG+ or F condition.
What I Did See - gold, but not as much of it; great bargain boxes, but not at a lot of tables; lots of people at one dealer's table focusing on so-called dollars and circulated classic commemoratives. Supposedly when the new so-called dollar book comes out the prices of these will go up. Not in my field of interest at this time, however.
There was a lot of circulated coinage that either dealers want to get rid of or they are making up for by selling in bulk maybe. One dealer was surprised by someone asking for dateless Buffalo nickels (I guess for jewelry or craft purposes).
People were buying key-date Lincolns, so-called dollars, state quarters, unc 2006 ASEs, but I didn't get a feel for a particular demand by a large number of show attendees as I have at previous shows this year. Perhaps a different crowd at this one?
What I Bought - not as much as I could/should have... two dealer tables that I wanted to visit were very popular and I could not push my way in. Anyway, an 1854 BN large cent with a Sheldon number written on the label (I have no clue what they mean); a Carver-Washington 1952 commem in BU condition; and some Canadian nickels from the 1920s and 1930s to help fill out my collection there.
Lessons Learned - there's too much to look at, so decide what you want to focus on; take your time, everyone else does; don't be afraid to look at things you never thought about before (like raw circulated classic commems) and to look at things you are interested in collecting but want to learn more about for grading (like 3-cent nickels).
All in all a good show... an hour and a half covered the whole show for me, but if I had been able to get to those two tables I mentioned above, it could have stretched to two hours.
The Shenandoah Valley Coin Club organizes this show and it used to be at the Expoland in Fishersville for those who have been to that show before. The last time I recall they had a show there (Dec. 2005), there were very few dealers there. So I was curious how it would change now that they have moved down the valley a bit to the Weyers Cave Community Center. The show ran 1 to 6 on Friday, 10 to 6 on Saturday, and I believe its going to be 10 to 2 today (Sunday).
I went down on Saturday, arriving about 9:30 but glad I did because the parking lot was fairly full by 10 am. Walked in a few minutes before opening time, but it appeared the show was basically underway with "customers". A quick walk-through gave me a quick estimate of maybe 40 dealers? Much bigger than at Fishersville, probably because they have more room now.
What I Didn't See - obvious signs of Marine commemoratives; San Francisco Mint commemoratives; 20th Anniversary AGE and ASE sets; and dealers pushing pre-1982 Lincoln cents; Canadian silver dollars. I also am having trouble finding AU-condition Walkers from 1939 and 1940 and XF-condition from the 1938 and before, as well as 1912 Barber quarters and halfs in VG+ or F condition.
What I Did See - gold, but not as much of it; great bargain boxes, but not at a lot of tables; lots of people at one dealer's table focusing on so-called dollars and circulated classic commemoratives. Supposedly when the new so-called dollar book comes out the prices of these will go up. Not in my field of interest at this time, however.
There was a lot of circulated coinage that either dealers want to get rid of or they are making up for by selling in bulk maybe. One dealer was surprised by someone asking for dateless Buffalo nickels (I guess for jewelry or craft purposes).
People were buying key-date Lincolns, so-called dollars, state quarters, unc 2006 ASEs, but I didn't get a feel for a particular demand by a large number of show attendees as I have at previous shows this year. Perhaps a different crowd at this one?
What I Bought - not as much as I could/should have... two dealer tables that I wanted to visit were very popular and I could not push my way in. Anyway, an 1854 BN large cent with a Sheldon number written on the label (I have no clue what they mean); a Carver-Washington 1952 commem in BU condition; and some Canadian nickels from the 1920s and 1930s to help fill out my collection there.
Lessons Learned - there's too much to look at, so decide what you want to focus on; take your time, everyone else does; don't be afraid to look at things you never thought about before (like raw circulated classic commems) and to look at things you are interested in collecting but want to learn more about for grading (like 3-cent nickels).
All in all a good show... an hour and a half covered the whole show for me, but if I had been able to get to those two tables I mentioned above, it could have stretched to two hours.
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