Coin Show Detox
JBatDavidLawrence
Posts: 504 ✭✭✭✭✭
This is probably a better question for dealers, but perhaps it’s an issue for collectors as well!
Does anyone else have a hard time mentally adjusting to life after visiting a Coin show? Perhaps it’s the adrenaline rush, the thirst and hunger for more coins, or just pure exhaustion?
A few dealers have expressed similar feelings, but I can’t help but lie in bed with my mind running 100 miles an hour through all of the happenings from the week! I guess it’s the sign of a fun and busy week, but I’ll just call it Coin show detox for now...
John Brush
President of David Lawrence Rare Coins www.davidlawrence.com
email: John@davidlawrence.com
2022 ANA Dealer of the Year, Past Chair of NCBA (formerly ICTA), PNG Treasurer, Instructor at Witter Coin University, former Instructor/YN Chaperone ANA Summer Seminar, Coin World Most Influential, Curator of the D.L. Hansen Collection
President of David Lawrence Rare Coins www.davidlawrence.com
email: John@davidlawrence.com
2022 ANA Dealer of the Year, Past Chair of NCBA (formerly ICTA), PNG Treasurer, Instructor at Witter Coin University, former Instructor/YN Chaperone ANA Summer Seminar, Coin World Most Influential, Curator of the D.L. Hansen Collection
4
Comments
I haven't been to one unfortunately so I can't relate to you in a coin sense....
Is it a case of too much of a good things going through your eyes....and brain to process?
I find it hard adjusting BEFORE a coin show, I never know what to expect except spending more money than I brought with me because all of the dealers are in cahoots!
This kind of thing can happen when you have to deal with several high-stakes, complex and correlated decisions!
Your mind gets up to speed to work through the options, and it can take awhile to slow down again.
Fortunately there is not another ANA next week with huge rarities to consider.
If there are too many options still racing through your thoughts, just write some of them down.
There is plenty of time to deal with them next week.
I was mentally and physically drained by the time I got home that I took a long nap.
How does one get a hater to stop hating?
I can be reached at evillageprowler@gmail.com
When the 100 mile per hour happens to me its usually related to stress of trying to make decisions and have them be correct decisions so you run scenario after scenario through your mind for hours. Kind of like playing chess.
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
I have very similar feelings/thoughts after some shows.
This show was a vacation and therapy for me from my real job .
Had a great time and great week !
Detox for me is a walk along the ocean and a gratitude toward the Almighty for my abundant blessings .
Here is my only purchase in platinum night.
[https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/world-coins/great-britain-commonwealth-gold-unite-1650-au58-ngc-/a/3066-30259.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
Not adjusting to life after a show, but readjusting my mind and body after all the excitement !!!
I do the PAN show twice a year in the Pittsburgh area as the only show I set up at, and truly love it. I look forward to seeing the people and fellow dealers looking for and at coins, making deals, trying gaugue the market etc. The days fly by, and leave me wanting more.....
I always had the pre-show excitement....then, by the end of the show, drained and 'coined out' for a while. Usually did not put away or look at my acquisitions for a day or two... then looked them over and enjoyed them in the peace of my home. Cheers, RickO
I get excited before a show and, then, when it's over, I am worn out and content for a while.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
I usually start the shows running on pure adrenaline and end them being both mentally and physically exhausted.
I never sleep well the night before a show and once over I need a day or so to reacclimatize.
i think its an adjustment before going in and after one comes out. a coin show to me is a world all of its own. fwiw, i think
With any high time, there is a hangover. Naturally enduced or not.
I walked the show on Wednesday, spent about 5 hours. I started on the right and weaved up and down the aisles slow and steady. It was wonderful. Met several CU's who are dealers. Every vendor was polite, candid about coin condition and professional. Picked some brains, learned a lot about some of the error coins I brought with me. I watched people examine and buy some great slabbed coins. I bought supplies at Whitman and Lighthouse. Got some killer proof reference coins so I know what design detail is supposed to be on the detecting coins I dig. Every display, large and small, was like a museum to me. I only wish I had brought our 9 yo granddaughter with me. Although, I am going to find an area show for us in the fall. And I left with a big bag of free reference material including 4 Civil war token journals. Cudos to ANA and everyone else. I am grateful for my life today. Peace Roy
BST: endeavor1967, synchr, kliao, Outhaul, Donttellthewife, U1Chicago, ajaan, mCarney1173, SurfinHi, MWallace, Sandman70gt, mustanggt, Pittstate03, Lazybones, Walkerguy21D, coinandcurrency242 , thebigeng, Collectorcoins, JimTyler, USMarine6, Elkevvo, Coll3ctor, Yorkshireman, CUKevin, ranshdow, CoinHunter4, bennybravo, Centsearcher, braddick, Windycity, ZoidMeister, mirabela, JJM, RichURich, Bullsitter, jmski52, LukeMarshall, coinsarefun, MichaelDixon, NickPatton, ProfLiz, Twobitcollector,Jesbroken oih82w8, DCW
I attended the ANA National Money Show in Dallas a couple years ago (2016), and sold quite a few of my better coins, for some decent prices. The drive back to OKC, albeit only three hours, was a long ride of remorsefullness...I wound up buy three of them back...for a slightly better price...in the dealers favor of course.
BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore, Nickpatton, Namvet69,...
I have never had an "after the downer" like that, other than a bit of sadness when a show like Winter FUN is coming to an end because I looked so forward to it, and will now have to wait another year. The nights I spend thinking are during the show because I am thinking about coins that I saw and wondering if I should go back and buy any of them. Sometimes there is the concern that someone will beat me to them.
.
You have a fever, and the only prescription is more coin shows!
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
This was my first out of state show as a dealer. What happened to me today is I finally got some sleep!!!
Absolutely! Also before a show. And the time between shows too, of course.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
As a full time dealer I see shows like this:
Did I bring everything and am I packing the right stuff?
After the show is over it's Why didn't I bring XYZ.
.
If only I knew what would sell, I could pack sooooo much less and save my bad back!
Got home yesterday with a large pile of action items. I might be caught up by the end of this week. All you can do is work them one at a time.
I don’t worry over second guess games - if they not buying usually bc they broke.
Ahh the joy of flipping coins. The excitement of making buys and the pressure to make the sale, it really takes its toll after a week. That on top of the travel, staying in a hotel, eating junk food, meeting and dealing with so many people.
Well you can go to Hawaii to detox and find paradise but be careful, @Paradisefound might find you and you'll have to engage in coin chit-chat.