Cheyenne WY show report - Note, NOT LB, but still very enjoyable
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Having recently moved to northern Colorado from Southern California, I am starting to attend some of the area shows.
As a geography lesson, Cheyenne is about 42 miles north of Fort Collins, CO, and Fort Collins is about an hour north of Denver. All of these cities are on the I-25 North-South Interstate.
The drive up this morning was very p0leasant. A cool, crisp autumn morning. Seasons! Much different than SoCal for sure. As you could guess, really no traffic on the interstate. Speed limit 75 in Colorado, "suggested" 80 MPH in Wyoming. Zoom!
The show is Saturday and Sunday this weekend at the Laramie County Community College. Very new and pretty campus, with the stock arena and ag and livestock stuff on one side, and modern classroom and dorm buildings on the other. The show is in the Community Meeting space.
This show featured a free coffee and pastry service plus ice water. No admission, and as noted, no parking fee.
As opposed to major convention center shows, the free parking is at the entrance. Also opposed is the small bourse. I had absolutely no expectations, but it was nice to see Leo Frese and Shaunda having a table. I took 30 pieces of better stuff, and Leo's friend Jason Flowers bought a couple of items. I also bout some postcards with 1950's vintage auto advertising and also some vintage hunting dog scenes.
I met Ken Byrd from Colorado Springs, who also liked my inventory, and purchased as well. We discussed the annual June Colorado Springs show and the ANA library. I also met the owner Cheyenne Coins, a B&M shop, and Rick was also bought out my wholesome circulated bust halves.
I then went to see Bill Arnold, who took almost all of my circulated raw Canadian stuff at a fair price. Interesting, but I drug this stuff 1000 miles to the Anaheim ANA and got absolutely NO action on it. He also had a few 1950's auto advertising tokens that I bought.
Bill Arnold is also the ANACs rep, and they were taking submissions at the show.
All in all, a really small bourse, but I did 4 deals, and made it a very productive trip!
EOM
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As a geography lesson, Cheyenne is about 42 miles north of Fort Collins, CO, and Fort Collins is about an hour north of Denver. All of these cities are on the I-25 North-South Interstate.
The drive up this morning was very p0leasant. A cool, crisp autumn morning. Seasons! Much different than SoCal for sure. As you could guess, really no traffic on the interstate. Speed limit 75 in Colorado, "suggested" 80 MPH in Wyoming. Zoom!
The show is Saturday and Sunday this weekend at the Laramie County Community College. Very new and pretty campus, with the stock arena and ag and livestock stuff on one side, and modern classroom and dorm buildings on the other. The show is in the Community Meeting space.
This show featured a free coffee and pastry service plus ice water. No admission, and as noted, no parking fee.
As opposed to major convention center shows, the free parking is at the entrance. Also opposed is the small bourse. I had absolutely no expectations, but it was nice to see Leo Frese and Shaunda having a table. I took 30 pieces of better stuff, and Leo's friend Jason Flowers bought a couple of items. I also bout some postcards with 1950's vintage auto advertising and also some vintage hunting dog scenes.
I met Ken Byrd from Colorado Springs, who also liked my inventory, and purchased as well. We discussed the annual June Colorado Springs show and the ANA library. I also met the owner Cheyenne Coins, a B&M shop, and Rick was also bought out my wholesome circulated bust halves.
I then went to see Bill Arnold, who took almost all of my circulated raw Canadian stuff at a fair price. Interesting, but I drug this stuff 1000 miles to the Anaheim ANA and got absolutely NO action on it. He also had a few 1950's auto advertising tokens that I bought.
Bill Arnold is also the ANACs rep, and they were taking submissions at the show.
All in all, a really small bourse, but I did 4 deals, and made it a very productive trip!
EOM
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Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming along the front range of the Rockies is a nice area and is very, very differnt from So. Cal.
Glad to hear Jason Flowers made the drive up from the Springs...he's a personal friend and I miss
that he's no longer here locally in FL, but he always makes it back for the FUN shows.
Just today in little Rapid City, a local club put on a show at a hotel with 4 tables of coins and 2 with stamps. Of coarse I knew the guys and it was fun to catch up on what's been going on and all. I had to be at work by 11 but the two hours I had flew by and I had to bail.
I still found one sweet Conder token I've never seen in 64-65 range raw and a proof 1928 Weimar Republic Hindenburg commem or medal honoring Tannenberg. Nice size silver coin with not so much as a wipe or anything on it. Sweet!
I don't want to step up for anything really costly coin wise as I recently purchased a beautiful 1977 Volkswagon Westfalia Campmobile, green, that I'm thinking I'd rather spent money on buying this and that for the next few months, or years....a true survivor, so stoked!! I'm chuckling to myself as to be cautious and not clean it wrong or remove its originality. Heck, it's a big ol vintage car and all the same antique rules apply for proper restoration. Anyway, that has a ton of my interest for now, maybe I'll cruise it down the front range someday and bump into you coin guys down there, never know...
Having recently moved to northern Colorado from Southern California, I am starting to attend some of the area shows.
As a geography lesson, Cheyenne is about 42 miles north of Fort Collins, CO, and Fort Collins is about an hour north of Denver. All of these cities are on the I-25 North-South Interstate.
The drive up this morning was very p0leasant. A cool, crisp autumn morning. Seasons! Much different than SoCal for sure. As you could guess, really no traffic on the interstate. Speed limit 75 in Colorado, "suggested" 80 MPH in Wyoming. Zoom!
The show is Saturday and Sunday this weekend at the Laramie County Community College. Very new and pretty campus, with the stock arena and ag and livestock stuff on one side, and modern classroom and dorm buildings on the other. The show is in the Community Meeting space.
This show featured a free coffee and pastry service plus ice water. No admission, and as noted, no parking fee.
As opposed to major convention center shows, the free parking is at the entrance. Also opposed is the small bourse. I had absolutely no expectations, but it was nice to see Leo Frese and Shaunda having a table. I took 30 pieces of better stuff, and Leo's friend Jason Flowers bought a couple of items. I also bout some postcards with 1950's vintage auto advertising and also some vintage hunting dog scenes.
I met Ken Byrd from Colorado Springs, who also liked my inventory, and purchased as well. We discussed the annual June Colorado Springs show and the ANA library. I also met the owner Cheyenne Coins, a B&M shop, and Rick was also bought out my wholesome circulated bust halves.
I then went to see Bill Arnold, who took almost all of my circulated raw Canadian stuff at a fair price. Interesting, but I drug this stuff 1000 miles to the Anaheim ANA and got absolutely NO action on it. He also had a few 1950's auto advertising tokens that I bought.
Bill Arnold is also the ANACs rep, and they were taking submissions at the show.
All in all, a really small bourse, but I did 4 deals, and made it a very productive trip!
EOM
How many dealers where there.
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I counted 8 dealers on Saturday.
==Looking for pre WW2 Commems in PCGS Rattler holders, 1851-O Three Cent Silvers in all grades
Successful, problem free and pleasant transactions with: illini420, coinguy1, weather11am,wayneherndon,wondercoin,Topdollarpaid,Julian, bishdigg,seateddime, peicesofme,ajia,CoinRaritiesOnline,savoyspecial,Boom, TorinoCobra71, ModernCoinMart, WTCG, slinc, Patches, Gerard, pocketpiececommems, BigJohnD, RickMilauskas, mirabella, Smittys, LeeG, TomB, DeusExMachina, tydye
I still believe that only a few things in life beats time at a coin show. (spending time with family, and well thats about it)
To oldstandard,
I counted 8 dealers on Saturday.
Thanks
Jim
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