Went to my first coin show today - not a great first impression
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The show itself was fine, but, the first dealer that I spoke with asked me how I was doing. I told him that this was my first coin show. He asked me what I collected, and I said mainly bullion. He asked if I collected bullion with numismatic value? I said, no not really, just bullion. He then said, and I will try to quote the best I can, "You know you're at a coin show, don't you?" That didn't get my experience off to a great start. I did find plenty of bullion. In fact, the busiest table in the place was a guy mainly selling bullion. 10 oz Silvertowne bars were $180 (91 cents over spot). That sounded like a pretty good price. Walking libs were $6.25 (11 cents over spot).
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<< <i>The show itself was fine, but, the first dealer that I spoke with asked me how I was doing. I told him that this was my first coin show. He asked me what I collected, and I said mainly bullion. He asked if I collected bullion with numismatic value? I said, no not really, just bullion. He then said, and I will try to quote the best I can, "You know you're at a coin show, don't you?" >>
Sounds like he may be a little bitter as the bullion guys were making all the sales
<< <i>walking liberty halves at 6.25? great price, I would have picked up some myself
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That's a pretty impressive display of not listening to your potential customer. Amazing stuff.
I knew it would happen.
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