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What is the farthest distance you have driven to a coin show?

bosco5041bosco5041 Posts: 1,303 ✭
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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    coin show/shop

    around 2 hours one way
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    CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭✭
    Not a show, but I did drive approximately 6 and a half hours for a numismatic party (seriously) at a friends house. I'd have flown but there was no nearby airport or meaningfully easier way to do it.

    The ride home was a hoot, since I accidentally knocked out one contact lens while passing by the meadowlands and drove the last 4+ hours with one eye open.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One year the New England Numismatic Association (NENA) held their annual convention at the Samerset Resort in Maine. For those who don't realize it Maine is a lot bigger than it seems on the map. After driving through Massachusetts and New Hampshire, my wife and I could not believe how long it too us to reach the convention site in Maine.

    I fly to the more distant shows.
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    illini420illini420 Posts: 11,703 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I drove from L.A. to Sacramento in Spring 2011 for the Sacramento ANA show. It was right around 400 miles or so. Boring drive! But it was a pretty good show.


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    ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just a touch over 200 miles to a show with several members of the local coin club, made the time go quickly.
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
    over 300, close to 350
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    VTCoinsVTCoins Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭
    1,306.8 miles.

    Rutland, VT to Orlando, FL.
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Approximately 468 miles to Dalton, GA
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    guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,308 ✭✭✭
    About 2 hours. LordMarcovan (from the Brunswick, Ga area) met me at my house (in the Statesboro, Ga area) and we carpooled to the show in Macon, Ga.
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    abitofthisabitofthatabitofthisabitofthat Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭
    NJ to Chicago

    Maybe 800 miles or so

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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    About 275 miles to PDX, the closest major city to me.
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    CoinZipCoinZip Posts: 3,257 ✭✭✭
    I'm sure this will be changing for me in the near future......but right now about 250 miles from Western Maryland to Eastern Maryland.

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    ManorcourtmanManorcourtman Posts: 8,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
    300 miles one way. Last Summer's ANA show in Chicago. Stayed 3 hours and drove back home to central Ohio. Started at 4am, got back home at 10pm. That's the last time I do that!
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    metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,633 ✭✭✭✭✭
    about 1 hour or 80 milesimage
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    DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,042 ✭✭✭✭✭
    About 230 miles.
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    About 150 miles day trip Milton WA to ANA in Portland OR.

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    COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭
    159.87 MILES.
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    Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well only been to coin shows here in Fargo, so about 3/4 of a mile from my house....Thats if you dont count going to FUN this last January. Just happened to be in Orlando, what a coincidence. Wife doesnt know I kind of planned our vacation that way.

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    Furthest Ive driven was when I was in high school. Drove from Mobridge, SD to Alaska, also drove from Ellendale, ND to Miami, FL. That was back in the day when it was cheaper to drive then fly.
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seattle to Santa Clara ... about 1678 miles roundtrip
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    valente151valente151 Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭
    Considering that the FUN show was a crucial factor image in choosing to go to school in Orlando, you could argue for nearly 1500 miles or 24 hours from Maine to Orlando.
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Los to Las Vegas......several times.


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    dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1,400 miles to Chicago last year. (and probably again next summer)
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    renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Seattle to Santa Clara ... about 1678 miles roundtrip >>


    All that for Santa Clara!

    Mine was Reno to Santa Clara. A little more acceptable at about 200 miles one way.

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    SenexSenex Posts: 483 ✭


    << <i>or rode with someone else in a car. >>



    NY to Baltimore
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,129 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Seattle to Santa Clara ... about 1678 miles roundtrip >>


    All that for Santa Clara!

    Mine was Reno to Santa Clara. A little more acceptable at about 200 miles one way. >>




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    yellowkidyellowkid Posts: 5,486 ✭


    << <i>One year the New England Numismatic Association (NENA) held their annual convention at the Samerset Resort in Maine. For those who don't realize it Maine is a lot bigger than it seems on the map. After driving through Massachusetts and New Hampshire, my wife and I could not believe how long it too us to reach the convention site in Maine.

    I fly to the more distant shows. >>



    Bill you weren't halfway down the coast yet. From most of Southern Maine, NYC is closer than say, Fort Kent or Presque Isle. I've only driven from Portland to Boston, but I fly to Baltimore and Orlando.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,610 ✭✭✭✭✭
    about an hour and a quarter one way.
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    TONEDDOLLARSTONEDDOLLARS Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭✭
    Boston to Philly ANA Or Boston to Baltimore, which one is further? Boston to Philly 309, Boston to Balt. 410
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    GeorgeKelloggGeorgeKellogg Posts: 1,251 ✭✭
    We drove approximately 780 miles to the 2005 FUN Show in Ft. Lauderdale.
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    MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow, I can't compete with Tim Puro (1,306.8 miles), but I did ride (not drive) with a friend from Knoxville, TN to Atlanta, GA to an ANA Summer Convention a few years back.

    And I'm not sure what Bill Jones is talking about when he says that "One year the New England Numismatic Association (NENA) held their annual convention at the Samerset Resort in Maine. For those who don't realize it Maine is a lot bigger than it seems on the map. After driving through Massachusetts and New Hampshire, my wife and I could not believe how long it too us to reach the convention site in Maine." Why, anyone knows that Rockport, Maine is just down the road a piece, 'downeast' as they like to say in these parts. And no place in Maine is too far to travel if there is lobstah for dinner. Ayuh.
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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,871 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just over 80 miles to Milwaukee.
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    coinnutcoinnut Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭✭✭
    500 miles round trip to The Bay State Show and back to Maine. Looks like most of you guys have that beat!
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    CatbertCatbert Posts: 8,272 ✭✭✭✭✭
    6 hours one way to Chicago. That has been and will be my max.
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    7 miles.
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    COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Seattle to Santa Clara ... about 1678 miles roundtrip >>


    All that for Santa Clara!

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    At one point, it was almost worth it, but not in the last 10-12 years. image
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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,528 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Round trip from Central N.Y. to Pittsburgh and back, all on the same day. This after having had a previous experience earlier in life of having fallen asleep at the wheel late at night on a major highway. Never again.

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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Detroit to Pittsburgh in 1989 and again in 2004 for ANA conventions.

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    stockergreenstockergreen Posts: 483 ✭✭
    Bout 3 miles
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    tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Central NJ to Baltimore. In recent years however, I've taken Amtrak instead because I'm too lazy to drive.
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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    125 miles----I know; I'm a wimp----but I plan on stepping that up.

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Over 1200 miles each way.......Illinois to Orlando.image
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    UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    St. George, UT to the Long Beach, CA shows. About 400 miles
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    goldengolden Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In 1990 I drove to the ANA in Seattle. The total trip was 8544 miles. I took a sight seeing trip along the way of the entire Northwest quadrant of the U.S. I think I drove the farthest to a coin show. What did I win? image
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    NickcapNickcap Posts: 977 ✭


    << <i>In 1990 I drove to the ANA in Seattle. The total trip was 8544 miles. I took a sight seeing trip along the way of the entire Northwest quadrant of the U.S. I think I drove the farthest to a coin show. What did I win? image >>




    That is a bunch of gas.
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    CoinCastCoinCast Posts: 511 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Considering that the FUN show was a crucial factor image in choosing to go to school in Orlando, you could argue for nearly 1500 miles or 24 hours from Maine to Orlando. >>



    Hahahaha image


    I drove from Fresno (middle of CA) to Colorado Springs for Summer Seminar and attended the show. I guess that counts.

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    nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭✭✭
    About 60 miles each way..
    Small potatoes in comparison to many here.

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    WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    A little less than 300 miles. Coin show or not I generally don't drive to places more than 250 miles away unless there are no other feasible options.
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    WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Drove fron Charleston, SC to Orlando. Walked the entire bourse the next day and got up and drove back on the third day - with not a single coin purchase.

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    boxeldercoinboxeldercoin Posts: 69
    Rapid City, SD to Central State Show
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    crispycrispy Posts: 792 ✭✭✭
    About 350 miles. Twin Cities to Milwaukee. 2007
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