Milton, WV Coin Show Report
MICHAELDIXON
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Today, I attended the Milton, WV show to promote the National Battlefield Coin Show™ in Gettysburg. The show is a small venue with 29 tables, but it was a throwback to the coin shows of the 1970s and early 1980s with mostly raw coins. I was amazed at the diversity, quality and quantity of coins. The first coin I saw was an 1800 bust dollar in VF, which a buyer was negotiating with the dealer over. Other mentionable coins I saw were: Colonials, Hawaiian, Feuchtwanger cent, Isabella quarter, Norse medal, and early copper. There was an amazing 1924 S Standing Liberty Quarter which was toned in the brown and fire orange that you occasionally see on them. It was a nice MS63 raw coin, but the dealer was working with somebody who was selling a collection, so I didn’t bother him. One customer was negotiating with a dealer on a Braided hair cent. The dealer had it marked XF, but the customer was trying to negotiate the price down to VF. Collector coins seemed to be selling well. I saw several collectors with their bookshelf albums filling holes of Walking Liberty half dollars, early Lincoln cents and Franklin halves. I was thrilled and amazed to see a show reminding me of years gone by.
Cecil Starcher and the Mountain State Numismatic Society (MSNS) did an excellent job putting on the show. The MSNS will have a larger show in Huntington, WV in July, and I would invite everybody within driving distance to go. For me, it will be a 6 hour drive, but I plan to go.
Thanks to Alan (CoinZip) for placing the weekly show schedule on the U.S. Coin forum. Had it not been for Alan placing the weekly show schedule, I would not have known about this show.
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Sounds like a good show. Glad you had fun. Thanks for sharing.
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There are still many, many raw coins out there ... including nice ones that are in collections that are off the beaten track. This sounds like the kind of location where such nice coins might tend to appear.
Thanks for the report.
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Thanks for the report. I found it very refreshing. And I agree that CoinZip provides a great service by posting the coin show schedule around the country.
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Awesome show report....
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Thanks for the report Mike
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Great show report - it does indeed sound like a throwback show - I would have like to have been there!
Excellent show report Mike... Thank you... great to know these shows are still out there. Yes, Coinzip does provide an excellent, weekly service by posting the shows.... I read it every week. Cheers, RickO
Sounds like a good show to find a diamond or two in the rough.
Thank you for the interesting show report.
great report