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unclebobunclebob Posts: 433 ✭✭✭
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I plan to attend FUN 2016 in Tampa in January 2016.

Is Thursday open to collectors or is it dealers only?
What is there that my wife and SIL can do to free me up during the day?
Are the club meeting open to collectors?
Will there be ANA education classes?

Thanks in advance...Rob

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    JJSingletonJJSingleton Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thursday is opening day. Usually at 10am. The Fun Show has many educational programs scheduled throughout the day as well as club meetings. Plenty of exhibits too. And of course, auctions.

    Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia

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    goldengolden Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You will enjoy the show!image
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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't wait for the show! It will be a very short drive for me this year. image
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners. :smile:
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    YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,494 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Already booked my flight and room.
    Can't wait!!

    If you are really die hard, you can pay $100 for an Early Bird pass to go in Wednesday afternoon.
    Yorkshireman,Obsessed collector of round, metallic pieces of history.Hunting for Latin American colonial portraits plus cool US & British coins.
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    TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thankfully my son owns a house just down the road a bit so I'll get in my car on Wednesday and ease on down
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,486 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wednesday is dealer and super bourse day. It costs you money to get in, but at least there is a free sandwich. image




    My advice to get there on Thursday. That is the best day. After that a lot of coins have beenpurchased and some dealers fly the coop before the end of the show ... not that I blame them having been a dealer there myself. Sunday can be very, very slow.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    Show is open to the public on Thursday.
    Follow me on Twitter @wtcgroup
    Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"
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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,705 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lot viewing is open to everyone before the show opens to the public, so if you want to get there Wednesday and view auction lots, you can spend all of Thursday at the show itself.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: unclebob

    I plan to attend FUN 2016 in Tampa in January 2016.



    Is Thursday open to collectors or is it dealers only?

    What is there that my wife and SIL can do to free me up during the day?

    Are the club meeting open to collectors?

    Will there be ANA education classes?



    Thanks in advance...Rob




    Send your wife and her sister shopping, or to a spa. If they don't love coins there's nothing at the show that will keep them interested very long. And you will be distracted, worrying about their happiness. Better to go separate ways so everyone really enjoys themselves.

    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tampa International Mall (Google It) is a very nice large mall with some high end shops etc.

    There are good restaurants at that mall as well. Without traffic it is about a 10 min drive away

    but with traffic it could be 20 minutes or so. Lots of museums in Tampa and if you cross the bridge

    into Pinellas County there is the Dali Museum and Chihuly as well....Museum of Fine Arts etc.

    Pinellas beaches are an hour or so away.

    Busch Gardens is a 20 minute drive or so away.

    If you have a specific question, I might be able to help since I'm a local.
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners. :smile:
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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 7,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Already booked flight, spending money set aside, room reserved, and iteneriary set to hit favorite clubs for nite life.
    So Cali Area - Coins & Currency

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