Nashville Day 2 and a Gallatin Show report
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Yesterday I decided to go to the Gallatin show that was being held at the same time as the Whitman show. When the doors opened at 10:00 there were about 20 waiting to go inside. Since I only buy PCGS coins, I moved quickly through the bourse. I only asked to see 3 coins. One dealer had 2 Bust Quarters, they were a 45 and a 53. The obverse of both of them were ok but the reverse of both of them were butt ugly! The same dealer had an 1821 Bust Dime that was a 55 with nice toning. The coin had a weak strike and was very fully priced. After 25 minutes I was finished. Purchases...........0.
I headed to the Whitman Show.Arriving about 11:15, I headed straight to Certified Assets Management 's table. I wanted get a good look at the 1879 pattern Morgan Dime in PCGS PR 65 Cam with a CAC sticker that I wished I had looked at on Thursday. I asked to see the coin. It had very light blue toning around part of the periphery. A delightful little jewel. The price $15,500. Maybe when I win the lottery. I then started on a search of the floor. After awhile I came to Crabtree Coins table. I had stopped there several times on Thursday but they were always busy. They had loads of 3 Cent Nickels, Shield Nickels and Liberty Nickels mostly in PCGS and mostly nice UNCS. I was looking for a nice 58.They said that they thought that they had some. After about 10 minutes of looking they found a nice 1898 in 58. The price was fair so I bought it. Finishing my tour of the floor I found nothing else.
A few observations about the show... When I arrived yesterday, I noticed that a large dealer from the New England states had already left. On Friday there were noticeably more people in attendance. On this day there were several kids present with a parent. I saw a young boy at the Kid's Corner table going through a large stack of cents , trying to fill a blue Whitman folder. That brought back fond memories! I heard several dealers say that the show was ok. I also heard one dealer say that he would be very happy if he could break even.
The recent floods caused several dealers ( at least 7 tables empty on Thursday ) , collectors and PCGS to decide to skip Nashville. All of this obviously affected this inaugural show. I hope that the people at Whitman take all of this into account when they evaluate the show. I would very much enjoy attending next year.
I headed to the Whitman Show.Arriving about 11:15, I headed straight to Certified Assets Management 's table. I wanted get a good look at the 1879 pattern Morgan Dime in PCGS PR 65 Cam with a CAC sticker that I wished I had looked at on Thursday. I asked to see the coin. It had very light blue toning around part of the periphery. A delightful little jewel. The price $15,500. Maybe when I win the lottery. I then started on a search of the floor. After awhile I came to Crabtree Coins table. I had stopped there several times on Thursday but they were always busy. They had loads of 3 Cent Nickels, Shield Nickels and Liberty Nickels mostly in PCGS and mostly nice UNCS. I was looking for a nice 58.They said that they thought that they had some. After about 10 minutes of looking they found a nice 1898 in 58. The price was fair so I bought it. Finishing my tour of the floor I found nothing else.
A few observations about the show... When I arrived yesterday, I noticed that a large dealer from the New England states had already left. On Friday there were noticeably more people in attendance. On this day there were several kids present with a parent. I saw a young boy at the Kid's Corner table going through a large stack of cents , trying to fill a blue Whitman folder. That brought back fond memories! I heard several dealers say that the show was ok. I also heard one dealer say that he would be very happy if he could break even.
The recent floods caused several dealers ( at least 7 tables empty on Thursday ) , collectors and PCGS to decide to skip Nashville. All of this obviously affected this inaugural show. I hope that the people at Whitman take all of this into account when they evaluate the show. I would very much enjoy attending next year.
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