COIN SHOW FEB 27 & 28 AMES, IOWA

BAJJERFAN

AMES COIN CLUB annual Coin A Rama Show Feb 27 from 9-5 and Feb 28 from 9-3. Gates Hall 825 15th ST Nevada [pronounced Neh Vay Duh around these parts] Iowa. Buy, Sell, Trade, Socialize or BS. Early bird at 7 a.m. for $100 fee; 8 a.m. for $30 fee.

HoledandCreative

I should be there for a couple of hours Saturday.

CoinZip

65 tables

Free admission



INA Board meets after bourse closes on Saturday.

TwoSides2aCoin

Not sure what the daughter and grandkids are doing this weekend , there,… but maybe grandpa will surprise them.

Rollerman

I hope to attend on Saturday with the Sec of our coin club. I'll be wearing a red car club jacket. Say hello if you see me!
Pete

CyStater

ricko

I sure miss coin shows.... be sure to post some reports... Cheers, RickO

bigtime36

Unfortunately I won't be visiting the Ames area till this summer. Wish I could make it, and yes please post report anyone that goes.

CyStater

Overall great show. We had more competition than usual with the Tinley Park show and a few others falling on the same weekend. About 550 attendance, over 60 dealers. I will try to post more when I can.

Rollerman

I had the pleasure of attending with 3 of my coin buddies. All of us filled some "wants" and had a good time at the show. Real friendly people and the show seemed to be well run. A couple of the dealers complained about business being slow, but there were lot of people milling through the aisles and many dealers seemed to be busy and we didn't arrive until after 11 AM and the show started at 9AM.

My Indian Head Cent set is completed with all coins VF or better except for the VG10 1877. I updated the 1869 (PCGS XF40), the 1872 (PCGS VF35) and the 1886 Type 2 (Raw AU50) from this show.

Hope some of them come to the Quad City Coin Club Show in Milan, Illinois on Sunday April 11th. It's a little closer to home for me and it also is a very nice show. Here's a link for the details:

http://www.qconline.com/news/local/quad-city-coin-club-annual-spring-coin-show/article_c79e008b-42ed-59d2-8029-5ffe5d4d76c6.html

No one said hello to me from the forum and I had my bright red jacket on!

Rollerman

Correction! My initial post said the Quad City Coin Club show was April 3rd, I corrected it, but I worried someone might have written down the wrong date. It's Sunday April 11th!!!

Here's a link for more details: http://www.qconline.com/news/local/quad-city-coin-club-annual-spring-coin-show/article_c79e008b-42ed-59d2-8029-5ffe5d4d76c6.html
Pete

TwoSides2aCoin

Sorry to have missed the show. Miss my grandkids, too.

CyStater

Thanks. I stayed pretty busy giving away silver eagles for the drawings. I ended up buying eight coins but the one I really wanted left late Saturday with a dealer that had an emergency to go home too. I got to spend a lot of time talking to Tom Reynolds about large cents. He was nice enough to take time to talk to me about a $125 coin I was looking at for a type set. This is the same guy that just sold half his collection for a few million dollars. Still takes time to teach us little guys.
I hope to get to the QC show. I've heard nothing but good things about it.