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Salisbury MD Coin Show 2/12/12 Report added
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48TH ANNUAL SALISBURY COIN SHOW
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12th 10am - 5pm
MOOSE LODGE #654
833 Snow Hill Road
Salisbury, Maryland
FREE ADMISSION
FREE PARKING
DOOR PRIZES
REFRESHMENTS
This is a small show that got smaller last year when it moved from the Civic Center to the Moose.
Usually junky low-ball dealers outnumber good ones, but there are usually at least a few decent dealers there.
It's worth an hour drive (but none of you live that close)...it might be worth a 2-hour drive...I wouldn't drive more than that unless you have nothing else to do.
There are some really nice coins in the area, but they don't often come out for these shows, and most collectors don't advertise the fact that they are. One example is that the Bolender dollars lived here for over 50 years and almost no one knew it.
Report: Very busy show...our quiet 20 table show had 30 tables, all filled. Lots of attendees, LOTS of YNs.
Very few exhibits.
Most people seemed to be VG-F hole-filler types plus State Quarter and prezzy buck collectors.
My requests for mid-grade Barber halves were met with laughter. I asked a few dealers what they would hypothetically pay for a couple of my dups and verified why they don't have any.
Bought nothing, looked at a few commems and IHCs but nothing screamed at me so I came home with money in my pocket.
Despite the fact that we are undergoing a significant boomlet in wineries here, there was no wine!!!
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12th 10am - 5pm
MOOSE LODGE #654
833 Snow Hill Road
Salisbury, Maryland
FREE ADMISSION
FREE PARKING
DOOR PRIZES
REFRESHMENTS
This is a small show that got smaller last year when it moved from the Civic Center to the Moose.
Usually junky low-ball dealers outnumber good ones, but there are usually at least a few decent dealers there.
It's worth an hour drive (but none of you live that close)...it might be worth a 2-hour drive...I wouldn't drive more than that unless you have nothing else to do.
There are some really nice coins in the area, but they don't often come out for these shows, and most collectors don't advertise the fact that they are. One example is that the Bolender dollars lived here for over 50 years and almost no one knew it.
Report: Very busy show...our quiet 20 table show had 30 tables, all filled. Lots of attendees, LOTS of YNs.
Very few exhibits.
Most people seemed to be VG-F hole-filler types plus State Quarter and prezzy buck collectors.
My requests for mid-grade Barber halves were met with laughter. I asked a few dealers what they would hypothetically pay for a couple of my dups and verified why they don't have any.
Bought nothing, looked at a few commems and IHCs but nothing screamed at me so I came home with money in my pocket.
Despite the fact that we are undergoing a significant boomlet in wineries here, there was no wine!!!
ANA-LM, NBS, EAC
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I just don't want to get blasted if none of the good guys show up.
I remember I bought an 1891-S quarter in dipped white Uncirculated for $35. The same dealer had a 1793 Wreath cent in a "WOW!!" grade (comment from a collector who saw it.) for $2,100. Ahh... those were days, but back then $2,000 seemed like $50,000 to me.