What is it like at a coin show?
thatoneguy
Posts: 285
Never been to one, and curious to what its like.
Does anyone have pictures they could share?
Does anyone have pictures they could share? 0
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<< <i>everyone is nude. >>
Now that's a mental image I don't need.
People are kinda hesitant about posting pictures of inside the show but there are plenty of picture threads of their post show antics.
Later in the weekend the people behind the table usually have a million mile stare....they are worn out and are dreading packing up, and the long ride home with 99.8 percent of what they came with. They will do it all again in two weeks, many miles distant.
Young men in suits may be seen. Their fathers are dealers, and have given them a 'job'. Sometimes you may see a wild haired man with green pants and a pink shirt. He smells bad. He is the wealthiest man in the entire building...and may be looking to buy a 90 thousand dollar proof gold coin.
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Believe me, if everybody was nude there wouldn't be enough chlorax in the grocery store to wash you eyes out afterward. Gives a different meaning to the term "viewing room."
Can you just imagine a naked dealer, sitting behind his glass case eating a hotdog, mustard dripping down his fat belly and...
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Of course some shows are just a bit smaller than this.
<< <i>Paris Hilton is a coin dealer?
Not a coin dealer, just a dealer
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Of course some shows are just a bit smaller than this.
True, and others, a lot larger.
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Of course some shows are just a bit smaller than this.
True, and others, a lot larger. >>
Where's Waldo?
R.I.P. Bear
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Of course some shows are just a bit smaller than this.
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Where's Waldo? >>
I think I see at least 2 forum members in there....
Dennis
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It's the best opportunity to "see what's out there" that you can possibly have. You get to see the real coins instead of a website, an ebay pic, a catalog or a magazine ad. If your schedule permits, don't miss a chance to go to a good show.
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Yeah... how come you guys are allowed to hang that arrow up in the show?
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Yeah. It's the first thing I look for at any show I go to!
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Of course some shows are just a bit smaller than this.
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Where's Waldo? >>
I think I see at least 2 forum members in there....
Dennis >>
Found him!
you settle down. I would walk around a bit before buying anything to get the lay of the land and
settle your anxiety a notch or two.
Look, observe, walk into a different aisle then look some more....
then move in for the score.
And don't forget to have fun.
<< <i>It can be a bit overwhelming at first. You get a bit of a head rush till
you settle down. I would walk around a bit before buying anything to get the lay of the land and
settle your anxiety a notch or two.
Look, observe, walk into a different aisle then look some more....
then move in for the score.
And don't forget to have fun. >>
Good words for those going to the Proctologist's office.
R.I.P. Bear
Some of the best customer service in any industry
Majority are young & outgoing
Transactions are smooth, relaxing & you can be confident you got the best price
Dealers kindly stay till the end in hopes of educating & servicing one more eager customer.
The food at these shows are nothing short of 5 star restaurant quality.
hhmmmm am i missing anything
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The coin show experience as I generally have it:
I spend about a month beforehand saving up, holding back on buying anything except coffee to keep me awake for the drive to work and back. Each week, I squirrel away money for the show. Then, the morning arrives.
The show starts at 9 and runs through 5, but for some reason, there's always a narrow time window. I'm either not out of bed until close to noon, or it's Sunday and they close at three. So, in order to avoid having only thirty minutes and having to run through the show like a bomb squad agent, I have to bolt out the door pretty quickly.
Upon arrival, there is one guy right at the front entrance who has a display worth more than the entire rest of the show's dealers' inventories. I'm blasted with a wind of particles emitted by the interaction between large displays of gold and all the punditry I've read about it over the past month. Next to him invariably is someone with what must be a more than complete set of Morgan Dollars, all sparkly and shiny except for the two or three key dates--the weathered grey of the 1889-CC and 1893-S shines the loudest. Then, there's the guy who has bunches of toned coins. There will be several with coins mostly in cardboard flips, with lots of Barber-era and scattered Seated Liberty stuff, but mostly 20th century. Then, there will be the mostly modern guys, with mint-packaged proof sets. There's the basket of world coins for 25 cents each. There's bunches of Morgan dollars everywhere, with scatterings of Peace dollars and Walking Liberty halves. There's more commons and moderns, and then boxes of discount stuff in flips and in slabs by companies no-one has ever heard of. Then there's someone with stacks and stacks of raw common silver, selling at bulk prices. There's someone selling jewelry and miscellaneous stuff that doesn't seem very related to numismatics but is pretty. Then, there's the two other people in the back who also have selections of gold. They usually have something I want and can just barely afford, though if I do have some money left over, it does not make it out the door with me, instead going towards a Morgan or Peace dollar on the side.
And then, suddenly, it's three hours later, even though I was only in there an hour. Maybe it's a gravitational distortion effect, or maybe at some point during the coin show I was abducted by aliens. But, I make it home satiated, spending the rest of the evening staring at my new coin.
<< <i>Tons of gorgeous young women
Some of the best customer service in any industry
Majority are young & outgoing
Transactions are smooth, relaxing & you can be confident you got the best price
Dealers kindly stay till the end in hopes of educating & servicing one more eager customer.
The food at these shows are nothing short of 5 star restaurant quality.
hhmmmm am i missing anything >>
<< <i>People sit hunched over books of 2X2 flips with dog eared notebooks in their laps. These are collectors, but mostly poor collectors...but they are obsessive. >>
I always wondered who those guys are. They are everyone's stereotypical coin collector.. older man with papers, magnifying glasses, tremendously worn copies of Red Book or CDN with a gazillion notes posted on every page, probably completely unaware of this coin forum because they don't seem to be the embodiment of many (any?) of the regular forum members. They sit and talk with dealers, negotiate on every coin they look at, and usually crowd someone's entire table. The dealers here must know these guys, as I always see them at the smaller shows. Are these guys serious collectors or are they just at the coin shows for the company?