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Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited January 6, 2019 7:33AM in U.S. Coin Forum

If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

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  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looking forward to it. Should be great.

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :D

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It will be a great show... should be an amazing experience...One of these years I hope to make it. Cheers, RickO

  • numbersmannumbersman Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    I went to Funtopics site and counted the number of dealers in the directory for this show.....over 550! I realize many share tables and some are certainly not coin (or paper) dealers.....but still.......that is one BIG show! I'm psyched!

    Collector of numeral seals.That's the 1928 and 1928A series of FRNs with a number rather than a letter in the district seal. Owner/operator of Bottom Line Currency
  • GluggoGluggo Posts: 3,566 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 3, 2019 8:40PM

    @Wabbit2313 said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Dumb comment.

    :o:o:o:o:o

  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,990 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    I don't understand the comment?

    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


  • bestdaybestday Posts: 4,239 ✭✭✭✭

    @Gluggo said:

    @Wabbit2313 said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Dumb comment.

    :o:o:o:o:o

    :#>:):#>:)

  • EzmoneyEzmoney Posts: 149 ✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    Spikes in metals this time of the year every year like clock work. First of the year buying. Ezmoney

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A good sign.

  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @chesterb said:

    @PTVETTER said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    I don't understand the comment?

    It was supposed to be a joke but I forgot to add the little smiley :D A lot of folks seem to be doom and gloom about the state of the hobby and this shows that many are expecting a good show.

    @Gluggo said:

    @Wabbit2313 said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Dumb comment.

    :o:o:o:o:o

    No surprises...I'm an incredibly dumb person in real life too!

    When you say something so foolish, it needs to be called out. I am one of these many who love the show.

    .

  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,061 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "If the room were bigger..." I'd need a Segway.

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Wabbit2313 said:

    @chesterb said:

    @PTVETTER said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    I don't understand the comment?

    It was supposed to be a joke but I forgot to add the little smiley :D A lot of folks seem to be doom and gloom about the state of the hobby and this shows that many are expecting a good show.

    @Gluggo said:

    @Wabbit2313 said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Dumb comment.

    :o:o:o:o:o

    No surprises...I'm an incredibly dumb person in real life too!

    When you say something so foolish, it needs to be called out. I am one of these many who love the show.

    .

    I found his comment amusing. I’ve attended a few shows where the Dealers outnumbered the Collectors. I’m sure he meant it in FUN. :)

  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭

    @Wabbit2313 said:

    @chesterb said:

    @PTVETTER said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    I don't understand the comment?

    It was supposed to be a joke but I forgot to add the little smiley :D A lot of folks seem to be doom and gloom about the state of the hobby and this shows that many are expecting a good show.

    @Gluggo said:

    @Wabbit2313 said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Dumb comment.

    :o:o:o:o:o

    No surprises...I'm an incredibly dumb person in real life too!

    When you say something so foolish, it needs to be called out. I am one of these many who love the show.

    .

    Lighten up, Francis. Everyone (reasonable) could tell it was made in jest.

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Heh. :)

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,445 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Swampboy said:
    "If the room were bigger..." I'd need a Segway.

    The police there actually use those, at least they did in 2009 when I was there...

    My YouTube Channel

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 4, 2019 8:03AM

    RE: "I went to Funtopics site and counted the number of dealers in the directory for this show.....over 550!"

    The ad says "over 1500 dealers"

    So --- who's holding the cards with all those dealers? What happened to the 1,000 dealers that went missing?

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Must be their guestimate of vest pocket dealers walking the floor.

    @RogerB said:
    RE: "I went to Funtopics site and counted the number of dealers in the directory for this show.....over 550!"

    The ad says "over 1500 dealers"

    So --- who's holding the cards with all those dealers? What happened to the 1,000 dealers that went missing?

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a lot of vest-pockeT, under-the-table, behind-the-curtain, over-the-sholuder, out-back, gray-market, virtual dealers floating about. Better wear mud boots..... :)

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 4, 2019 11:15AM

    I would wager 1/2 to 3/4 of the attendees are Vest Pocket Dealers or Dealers not set up at the show.

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @amwldcoin said:
    I would wager 1/2 to 3/4 of the attendees are Vest Pocket Dealers or Dealers not set up at the show.

    IMO, that's a little high. I will say that most are collectors with or w/o their family + the small percentage of folks who bring in junk to check. At this show we are going to be overwhelmed examining 1982 cents from these folks. :(

  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:
    That's a lot of vest-pockeT, under-the-table, behind-the-curtain, over-the-sholuder, out-back, gray-market, virtual dealers floating about. Better wear mud boots..... :)

    I wouldn't go looking for any vests at a Mens Warehouse within a 200mi radius of the convention center either! :lol:

    The more you VAM..
  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Perhaps I should rephrase to those attendees who actually do business!

    @Insider2 said:

    @amwldcoin said:
    I would wager 1/2 to 3/4 of the attendees are Vest Pocket Dealers or Dealers not set up at the show.

    IMO, that's a little high. I will say that most are collectors with or w/o their family + the small percentage of folks who bring in junk to check. At this show we are going to be overwhelmed examining 1982 cents from these folks. :(

  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 4, 2019 3:23PM

    If I was ever in the area, I'd like to attend the show. Sounds like the biggest of the year, except for ANA.

    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
    "Sou Mangueira......."
  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Elcontador said:
    If I was ever in the area, I'd like to attend the show. Sounds like the biggest of the year, except for ANA.

    FUN is bigger and better than most ANA shows.

  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,513 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:

    @amwldcoin said:
    I would wager 1/2 to 3/4 of the attendees are Vest Pocket Dealers or Dealers not set up at the show.

    IMO, that's a little high. I will say that most are collectors with or w/o their family + the small percentage of folks who bring in junk to check. At this show we are going to be overwhelmed examining 1982 cents from these folks. :(

    LOL

    If I were going now, I would definitely take some 1982 cents just because of your comment :)

    @SeattleSlammer - Can you do it for me? ;) Then tell him "with Bochiman's best wishes" ... LOL

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Will the Chinese Alliance of Counterfeiters have a table --- or maybe an "under the table?"

    ;)

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There is going to be a counterfeit seminar sponsored by PNG for their dealers. Most of the fakes they show would get past a majority of the Chinese counterfeiters. :p

  • 2ndCharter2ndCharter Posts: 1,683 ✭✭✭✭✭

    FUN is bigger and better than most ANA shows.

    +1.

    Member ANA, SPMC, SCNA, FUN, CONECA

  • REALGATORREALGATOR Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    At this show we are going to be overwhelmed examining 1982 cents from these folks. :(

    Why go to the show when you can just help me out here? :D

  • specialistspecialist Posts: 956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I rank FUN #1 and ANA #2-if held in Chicago

    even a bad FUN is still better then some good ANA's-yes, I did say that

  • BGBG Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 4, 2019 8:16PM

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Maybe not too far off in the immediate future. Internet buying and selling is growing bigger, and bigger, and bigger, like Climate Control, too late to fix it.

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2019 10:52AM

    @BG said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Maybe not too far off in the immediate future. Internet buying and selling is growing bigger, and bigger, and bigger, like Climate Control, too late to fix it.

    There are some things we as humans are incapable of changing ("fixing") no matter what we do. The climate of the earth has changed since the earth was formed (before humans) and will continue to change for as long as the earth exists. Nevertheless, humans can have control of the internet. They can even conspire to shut it down everywhere by some means so IMO, comparing the Internet to the earth's climate is pure uninformed nonsense that should not even be discussed in this thread! Oops, sorry. :(

  • BGBG Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:

    @BG said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Maybe not too far off in the immediate future. Internet buying and selling is growing bigger, and bigger, and bigger, like Climate Control, too late to fix it.

    There are some things we as humans are incapable of changing ("fixing") no matter what we do. The climate of the earth has changed since the earth was formed (before humans) and will continue to change for as long as the earth exists. Nevertheless, humans can have control of the internet. They can even conspire to shut it down everywhere by some means so IMO, comparing the Internet to the earth's climate is pure uninformed nonsense that should not even be discussed in this thread! Oops, sorry. :(

    You're the expert.

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BG said:

    @Insider2 said:

    @BG said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Maybe not too far off in the immediate future. Internet buying and selling is growing bigger, and bigger, and bigger, like Climate Control, too late to fix it.

    There are some things we as humans are incapable of changing ("fixing") no matter what we do. The climate of the earth has changed since the earth was formed (before humans) and will continue to change for as long as the earth exists. Nevertheless, humans can have control of the internet. They can even conspire to shut it down everywhere by some means so IMO, comparing the Internet to the earth's climate is pure uninformed nonsense that should not even be discussed in this thread! Oops, sorry. :(

    You're the expert.

    Oh my, your pithy comment is the typical uninformed yet totally unexpected reaction from any member here to the undeniable scientific fact that I have posted above.

    Actually, any properly educated or informed person (you do not need a BS in Geology with a minor in Biology) knows that the climate of the earth has changed in the past during periods of cooling and warming caused BY OUR SUN and having nothing to do with the presence of plants, animals, humans or their inventions.

    Unfortunately, the rules and the focus of this forum prevent me from continuing to relate what I have learned from actual "experts" in the field.

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2019 8:22PM

    I studied geology! One of the biggest factors of climate change in the past was due to volcanic eruptions! Perhaps we need another big one to bring the temps down a little.

    @Insider2 said:

    @BG said:

    @Insider2 said:

    @BG said:

    @chesterb said:

    @Insider2 said:
    If the room were bigger they could get more tables. Spike in metals is probably a plus.

    You mean all those dealers for the 200 or so remaining collectors??

    Maybe not too far off in the immediate future. Internet buying and selling is growing bigger, and bigger, and bigger, like Climate Control, too late to fix it.

    There are some things we as humans are incapable of changing ("fixing") no matter what we do. The climate of the earth has changed since the earth was formed (before humans) and will continue to change for as long as the earth exists. Nevertheless, humans can have control of the internet. They can even conspire to shut it down everywhere by some means so IMO, comparing the Internet to the earth's climate is pure uninformed nonsense that should not even be discussed in this thread! Oops, sorry. :(

    You're the expert.

    Oh my, your pithy comment is the typical uninformed yet totally unexpected reaction from any member here to the undeniable scientific fact that I have posted above.

    Actually, any properly educated or informed person (you do not need a BS in Geology with a minor in Biology) knows that the climate of the earth has changed in the past during periods of cooling and warming caused BY OUR SUN and having nothing to do with the presence of plants, animals, humans or their inventions.

    Unfortunately, the rules and the focus of this forum prevent me from continuing to relate what I have learned from actual "experts" in the field.

  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2019 9:29PM

    Joke only :)

    Sorry I'll miss you.

    Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1

  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,061 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here we go again.

    I wish some folks would find a soapbox elsewhere and not spoil this forum for the coin people.

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:
    Will the Chinese Alliance of Counterfeiters have a table --- or maybe an "under the table?"

    ;)

    They don't need a table. All they need to do is hold up a sign with the acronym "CAC" and people will come.

  • chesterbchesterb Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 6, 2019 7:34AM

    ....and Wabbit2313 said my comments were dumb? I guess he quit following the thread. :D

  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,583 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not going this year.
    Taking a break from coins for a while. I’ve lost the passion. Maybe it will come back.

    Have fun, everyone!

    Yorkshireman,Obsessed collector of round, metallic pieces of history.Hunting for Latin American colonial portraits plus cool US & British coins.

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