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Coin Show Report - Parsippany, NJ
DaveG
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Once again, I had the very great pleasure of attending the single most happening one-day coin show on the planet, the first-Sunday-of-the-month, 80+ dealer, show in Parsippany, NJ!
For those (no doubt very few) of you who haven't been reading my monthly show reports, this show is usually very crowded and features a wide range of material. It features a main room with most of the dealers and a side room with another half-dozen dealers.
Today was the second day of a really beautiful Spring weekend in northern New Jersey, so attendance at the show was relatively light. I could actually walk down some of the aisles at a regular walking pace from time-to-time!
While the show was diminished by the absence of njcoincrank, I saw many of the usual prominent folks, including Jules Karp, Norman Kleinman and Don Hosier (east coast rep for the Goldbergs). Michael Fey is frequently there, but I didn't see him today.
The minute I walked into the show, I went to Tom Hyland's table to see what newps he had. No sooner did I arrive than three fellow members of the New Jersey Numismatic Society (Alan, Pete and Arnold) showed up! (A fourth, Carl, showed up about 20 minutes later.) Tom only had a few newps, but among them was a very prettily toned raw 1891 dime that he had just bought yesterday at the Allentown, PA show.
I'd like to be among the first to welcome NJNS member Arnold Miniman to the "brutal" world of being a coin-show dealer. (For those of you who were there, his table was in the row by the stage, just about in the center.) He had a nice assortment of coins I like to look at, including proof Indian Head cents and Liberty nickels, as well as a case of inexpensive material. I'd say the bulk (if not all) of his inventory is slabbed.
I had a brief chat with board member Jon Lerner (scarsdale coin) and finally introduced myself to board member Larry Greenstone (Sea Eagle Coins). Larry and I had a very nice chat and I picked up a nice raw 1927-D Mercury dime in XF that I needed for my Dansco set. While we were talking, board member 66RB stopped by and introduced himself. Also, the gentleman who runs TradingSlabs.com stopped to chat, too.
Finally, on my way out, I stopped by Tom Hyland's table and picked up a coin that I had first seen a couple of weeks ago at the White Plains show, a raw 1836 dime in VF-35. When you look at the coin, it has what looks like a "spike" running from the bottom center of Liberty's bust to the top of the '3'. However, when viewed closely, this 'spike' is actually part of a die crack that runs from the top of the '3' through all of Liberty, out the top center of her head and to the rim of the coin. VERY COOL! I can't imagine that that die lasted too much longer before it split in half!
As usual, the "usual" coins were there and the "unusual" coins weren't there: lots of Bust Halves, MS Morgan and Peace dollars and classic commems; very little pre-1853 Seated silver, etc. Board member CoinSuperStore had what looked like a nice 1847 Seated dollar in NGC-40 in their case. I already had the date, otherwise I would have given it closer consideration. They also had an MS 1850-O Seated dollar with some nice toning - I wish I could afford that!
All-in-all, a very nice coin show for me: two newps and some nice conversations. This 1836 dime is my third Bust dime, so I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and join the John Reich Collectors Society and subscribe to the e-mailed JR Newsletter.
Here are two upcoming events:
The annual Garden State Numismatic Association coin show will be held May 17-19 in Somerset, NJ. This show usually features about 60 dealers and has an auction Friday evening. The show has a wide variety of material, including some real nice exonumia, and numismatic book dealer John Burns is expected to be there. For you copper "perverts", California dealer Doug Bird will be there and Tom Hyland promises to have an extra display case devoted to coppers, too. This show draws a different mix of dealers than Parsippany. Bourse Chairman Tom Hyland tries very hard to attract "new" dealers to the show, so come on out for it!
Also,
The monthly meeting of the New Jersey Numismatic Society will be held May 21 (third Monday of the month) at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen Chase Room of the Madison Public Library at 39 Keep St. We're a growing club with usual attendance of 20-25 members of all ranges of numismatic interests. Discussion of club business is held to a minimum and each meeting features a presentation and a show-and-tell session. I think you'll be very impressed by who's there and what they bring for show-and-tell, so please join us for a meeting!
For those (no doubt very few) of you who haven't been reading my monthly show reports, this show is usually very crowded and features a wide range of material. It features a main room with most of the dealers and a side room with another half-dozen dealers.
Today was the second day of a really beautiful Spring weekend in northern New Jersey, so attendance at the show was relatively light. I could actually walk down some of the aisles at a regular walking pace from time-to-time!
While the show was diminished by the absence of njcoincrank, I saw many of the usual prominent folks, including Jules Karp, Norman Kleinman and Don Hosier (east coast rep for the Goldbergs). Michael Fey is frequently there, but I didn't see him today.
The minute I walked into the show, I went to Tom Hyland's table to see what newps he had. No sooner did I arrive than three fellow members of the New Jersey Numismatic Society (Alan, Pete and Arnold) showed up! (A fourth, Carl, showed up about 20 minutes later.) Tom only had a few newps, but among them was a very prettily toned raw 1891 dime that he had just bought yesterday at the Allentown, PA show.
I'd like to be among the first to welcome NJNS member Arnold Miniman to the "brutal" world of being a coin-show dealer. (For those of you who were there, his table was in the row by the stage, just about in the center.) He had a nice assortment of coins I like to look at, including proof Indian Head cents and Liberty nickels, as well as a case of inexpensive material. I'd say the bulk (if not all) of his inventory is slabbed.
I had a brief chat with board member Jon Lerner (scarsdale coin) and finally introduced myself to board member Larry Greenstone (Sea Eagle Coins). Larry and I had a very nice chat and I picked up a nice raw 1927-D Mercury dime in XF that I needed for my Dansco set. While we were talking, board member 66RB stopped by and introduced himself. Also, the gentleman who runs TradingSlabs.com stopped to chat, too.
Finally, on my way out, I stopped by Tom Hyland's table and picked up a coin that I had first seen a couple of weeks ago at the White Plains show, a raw 1836 dime in VF-35. When you look at the coin, it has what looks like a "spike" running from the bottom center of Liberty's bust to the top of the '3'. However, when viewed closely, this 'spike' is actually part of a die crack that runs from the top of the '3' through all of Liberty, out the top center of her head and to the rim of the coin. VERY COOL! I can't imagine that that die lasted too much longer before it split in half!
As usual, the "usual" coins were there and the "unusual" coins weren't there: lots of Bust Halves, MS Morgan and Peace dollars and classic commems; very little pre-1853 Seated silver, etc. Board member CoinSuperStore had what looked like a nice 1847 Seated dollar in NGC-40 in their case. I already had the date, otherwise I would have given it closer consideration. They also had an MS 1850-O Seated dollar with some nice toning - I wish I could afford that!
All-in-all, a very nice coin show for me: two newps and some nice conversations. This 1836 dime is my third Bust dime, so I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and join the John Reich Collectors Society and subscribe to the e-mailed JR Newsletter.
Here are two upcoming events:
The annual Garden State Numismatic Association coin show will be held May 17-19 in Somerset, NJ. This show usually features about 60 dealers and has an auction Friday evening. The show has a wide variety of material, including some real nice exonumia, and numismatic book dealer John Burns is expected to be there. For you copper "perverts", California dealer Doug Bird will be there and Tom Hyland promises to have an extra display case devoted to coppers, too. This show draws a different mix of dealers than Parsippany. Bourse Chairman Tom Hyland tries very hard to attract "new" dealers to the show, so come on out for it!
Also,
The monthly meeting of the New Jersey Numismatic Society will be held May 21 (third Monday of the month) at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen Chase Room of the Madison Public Library at 39 Keep St. We're a growing club with usual attendance of 20-25 members of all ranges of numismatic interests. Discussion of club business is held to a minimum and each meeting features a presentation and a show-and-tell session. I think you'll be very impressed by who's there and what they bring for show-and-tell, so please join us for a meeting!
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yes Dr. Fey was there
all in all a fun show again just meeting people and looking around!
myCCset
Besides the forum members you already mentioned...Ankur came by and bought a very nice 1810 1c for his 7070 which he showed me...a very nice Type Set in the making... I had shown the coin to Tom Hyland at the start of the show...he gave it a smile and a 'nice coin'...which for him is the equivalent of a thumbs up
...oh yeah...I also got to meet Oreville from here on the forum...it really is nice to be able to put faces with the names here on the forum...
Actually, the show did get off to a slow start but shortly after you left, things did pick up to the usual brisk pace until a little after noon...then it slowly wound down. Folks coming by my table seemed interested in Bust, Seated and Barber material...also, 20th century key dates...sold a few Buffalos and some Morgans as well...oh yeah, and there was this one new customer who bought a nice Mercury Dime for his Dansco
And, yes ...Mike Fey WAS there...you probably missed him as he is usually hunched over someone's coins searching out those varieties...
BTW...Joe Brattole...the Parsippany Show organizer announced that we will be having our 2nd annual 3-Day show on Labor Day weekend. Last year, even with a major rain storm on Friday, the show was pretty much a success. At least, speaking for myself, I did alot of business and saw alot of faces that are not seen at the regular monthly show.
See you all at the GSNA show in a few weeks...
Arnold
Indeed, the flow of traffic was lighter than normal but I noticed that a larger percentage of whoever was there was actually buying and selling and not just looking.
I got to meet KISHU1 and purchased a lovely David Hall "slabbed" 1881-S silver dollar in Mint State 65 (Gem Unc as he called it at the time). Lovely blue and gold toning on a small part of the reverse.
I also met SeaEagleCoins, Scarsdale Coins, Don Hosier and the rest of the usual dealers.
I missed DaveG and others as well.
Silver coins were in shorter supply than usual but the gold was ever present but not in the higher grades.
I was stunned to find an Accugrade of Connecticut 1887 toned A2-65c graded (65 commercial grade) silver dollar in the old double sized holder (with the photo of the coin). It looks to be a near MS-65 with pretty and original toning. Price paid? A bargain at $115!
I must say this was the most exciting purchase of the year so far!
The show was great as usual, with tons and tons of gold, lots of nice PQ stuff, but then again, lots of widgets. It also seems like the business for foreign coins has picked up there, at least from what a few dealers have told me. The three day show will be amazing, and hopefully they do an auction again like last year.
Ankur
PCGS Registries
Box of 20
SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
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