My Long Beach report...

ElmerFusterpuck

I haven't been to this show since September of '15, so I was really looking forward to going back. Part of this trip was also to visit family, so I only attended the show for a bit of Wednesday (early bird PCGS registry pass, woohoo!) and part of Thursday. Below are my takeaways, opinions and events from the show, along with a few coins. Overall, it was a positive experience.

1) Free early bird pass for being in the PCGS Registry was a big plus! Getting in early allowed me to look over several tables as well as submit a 30 coin lot to Ian of Great Collections. Ian was beyond friendly and helpful, it's no wonder his business is growing. We need lots more folks like him in the hobby. We did talk coins for a bit, along with social media. They are looking at Instagram once again, since it appears there is a potential customer base out there. looking forward to results from my coins!

2) No beer and taquitos on Wednesday like the last early bird I attended. Maybe the pyramid stacking of them caused this event to be cancelled! There were a fair number of people attending on this day, which added some buzz.

3) Went early on Thursday and saw the ribbon cutting for the Ship of Gold. Seeing that gold was beyond awesome, and I ended up circling again to see what I missed. Also got a picture with Bob Evans, the scientist that has been a huge part of this recovery and coin restoration effort. His seminar was also great that day with a packed house in attendance. The only minor disappointment of that display was the unusually toned 1857-S was not part of it. Stage fright maybe?

4) The Tyrant collection display was beyond stupendous too. Even if you are not into foreign coins, seeing this top notch British collection made you appreciate the effort and patience put in to get in every ruler.

5) My wife and oldest daughter attended with me on Thursday. This was my daughter's first large coin show, so she was pretty blown away by it. She did dabble in Canadian coinage some time back and managed to find a nice 1965 quarter at a table. Being a huge Disney fan, she found plenty of memorabilia there. It appears there are quite a few Disney collectors out there.

6) The dealers I talked to were having a steady to good show, but wasn't there the last two days to see how it wrapped up for them. From what I did see, attractive and fairly priced coins had no trouble selling, especially earlier material. My hunt for an 1828 curl base 2 with knob proved futile, though Eye Appealing Coins had a nice one in a 61 grade. A bit out of my price range, sticking with nice 45 to 55 grade.

7) My Instagram photos from the show had a fairly large audience. Ignoring social media for this hobby is not really an option any more. Let the grouches and naysayers keep grousing, while they wonder where everyone has gone.

8) I'd like it to be less than 2 years until the next one!

Purchases from the show:

This quarter is for my registry type set, graded XF-45:

Part of a graded 1948 mint set, graded MS-67. This one glows in hand.

From Kittle Coins, this outstanding Canadian dollar graded PF-66. You don't have to tilt this one in a narrow range, the colors are very easy to see:

tradedollarnut

Nice dollar

SurfinxHI

Nice report! Good bit on Instagram too.

golden

Thanks for your report.

1630Boston

Great report, thanks

Justacommeman

Stellar report E! Nice dollar!!

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PCGSPhoto

I wish I could see video of myself seeing the Tyrant display for the first time. I put a lot of heart and soul into photographing that collection, and I had no idea that the images would be so prominent in the display and in the little book Goldberg had made.

OldIndianNutKase

Great report, Eric. You did the show right........

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Coin Finder

Great report thanks!! Nice coins, good eye..

ricko

Great report ... Thank you.....Did you happen to note how bullion was moving? Cheers, RickO