Short New Orleans Money Show report with pickups
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Originally my trip here was going to be a solo one, but eventually my wife and my dad (his first visit) wanted to go to NO along with me, so that meant spreading out my time away from coins a bit more. No worries there, a little bit of coins and New Orleans food and sights never hurt anyone. Besides that, it probably helped reel in my spending! 
Overall, we had a great time and got to experience some great food and drink, although having my voice go almost completely out didn't help things either. I'm still recovering on that front. OK onto the show. These are just my impressions and they only represent what I saw. Other dealer and collector experiences may have been vastly different.
I did have a mission for this show, pick up the 1839-O half dollar (see other thread) and submit some raw coins to the PCGS booth. They weren't doing show grading, but I figured I might as well drop them off while I was there. I submitted a really nice MS 1862 British Large Cent, along with a nicely toned set of war nickels (had a thread with them a few months ago) and a scattering of other coins. I look forward to getting those results eventually.
As for the show itself, I went only on Thursday and Friday for about 2 1/2 hours after opening on each day. It appeared Thursday was a busier traffic day than Friday, but that might have been due to the weather. I'm not sure if it picked up later on in the day or not. The dealers I did talk to (could barely speak) said it was an OK show. The layout and facility reminded me somewhat of Dallas show back in October, but the NO convention cent is a beast in size. I felt like I walked thru 3 time zones to get to the 'G' section where the show was!
The ANA exhibits were nice, and I really enjoyed viewing the examples of the 1804 dollar and the 1913 Liberty nickel. The coins I was looking for at this show were mostly Bust, Seated and Walking Liberty halves, along with any nicely toned coins (always looking for those). After some searching I managed to find a nice XF 1839 Drapery Seated half from Eye Appealing Coins that fit right in with the rest of my collection. I was looking for decent circulated slabbed Civil dates, but these seemed to be non-existent. I then gave up and started to look for some nice toned coins, which was an easier prospect. I saw examples all over the place from barely anything to borderline monsters. I actually saw two Morgans that caught my eye, a PCGS MS-66 1880-S from All About Coins that had vivid blue toning with some pinkish highlights on the portrait and a PCGS MS-65 1885 from Dennis King (Coins of Appeal) which was a 'dark spectrum' toner. After some time thinking them over, I leaned to the 1885 piece. I also ended up buying a couple more coins from Dennis, some nicely toned Jeffersons. He does keep some nice inventory and is one of my favorite dealers as well. I did pass by Legend, Larry Shapiro, Charmy and many others but couldn't quite squeeze in due to the number of people at their tables. Having my vocal cords on near mute didn't help either. Guess the crowded tables were a good thing, hopefully they had a good show too. OK, here is what I ended up with below. The 1885 Morgan is a deal in progress, after a couple of payments it will be mine!
At least I did get a decent picture, the image is fairly close to the coin in hand considering I had to hold the camera steady!
Overall, I had a good time, would like to hear from others how the experience was.
1839 PCGS XF-40
1946-D PCGS MS-65 FS
1950 PCGS MS-65
1885 PCGS MS-65. The reverse has some golden toning too, but the obverse is the killer here.
Overall, we had a great time and got to experience some great food and drink, although having my voice go almost completely out didn't help things either. I'm still recovering on that front. OK onto the show. These are just my impressions and they only represent what I saw. Other dealer and collector experiences may have been vastly different.I did have a mission for this show, pick up the 1839-O half dollar (see other thread) and submit some raw coins to the PCGS booth. They weren't doing show grading, but I figured I might as well drop them off while I was there. I submitted a really nice MS 1862 British Large Cent, along with a nicely toned set of war nickels (had a thread with them a few months ago) and a scattering of other coins. I look forward to getting those results eventually.
As for the show itself, I went only on Thursday and Friday for about 2 1/2 hours after opening on each day. It appeared Thursday was a busier traffic day than Friday, but that might have been due to the weather. I'm not sure if it picked up later on in the day or not. The dealers I did talk to (could barely speak) said it was an OK show. The layout and facility reminded me somewhat of Dallas show back in October, but the NO convention cent is a beast in size. I felt like I walked thru 3 time zones to get to the 'G' section where the show was!
The ANA exhibits were nice, and I really enjoyed viewing the examples of the 1804 dollar and the 1913 Liberty nickel. The coins I was looking for at this show were mostly Bust, Seated and Walking Liberty halves, along with any nicely toned coins (always looking for those). After some searching I managed to find a nice XF 1839 Drapery Seated half from Eye Appealing Coins that fit right in with the rest of my collection. I was looking for decent circulated slabbed Civil dates, but these seemed to be non-existent. I then gave up and started to look for some nice toned coins, which was an easier prospect. I saw examples all over the place from barely anything to borderline monsters. I actually saw two Morgans that caught my eye, a PCGS MS-66 1880-S from All About Coins that had vivid blue toning with some pinkish highlights on the portrait and a PCGS MS-65 1885 from Dennis King (Coins of Appeal) which was a 'dark spectrum' toner. After some time thinking them over, I leaned to the 1885 piece. I also ended up buying a couple more coins from Dennis, some nicely toned Jeffersons. He does keep some nice inventory and is one of my favorite dealers as well. I did pass by Legend, Larry Shapiro, Charmy and many others but couldn't quite squeeze in due to the number of people at their tables. Having my vocal cords on near mute didn't help either. Guess the crowded tables were a good thing, hopefully they had a good show too. OK, here is what I ended up with below. The 1885 Morgan is a deal in progress, after a couple of payments it will be mine!
At least I did get a decent picture, the image is fairly close to the coin in hand considering I had to hold the camera steady!Overall, I had a good time, would like to hear from others how the experience was.
1839 PCGS XF-40
1946-D PCGS MS-65 FS
1950 PCGS MS-65
1885 PCGS MS-65. The reverse has some golden toning too, but the obverse is the killer here.
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