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Attending Big Shows geographic dealer question
yspsales
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My wife is excited about the Florida FUN shows in January/July because of family in the area and resorts.
I mentioned Long Beach and her eyes lit up!
Hypothetically, if you were going to devise an optimum 3 to 4 stop annual coin show travel schedule what would be your choices?
Is there a regional diversity and dispersion of dealers etc at bigger shows?
Also some consideration to auctions and ANA educational opportunities.
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What kind of coins do you collect? U.S, foreign, ancient, all of them?
US...
Morgans, Peace, Buffs, modern stuff
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My choices are:
FUN in Jan
Baltimore (not the summer show)
Central states?
ANA large show depends on the location.
Easy answer for me. FUN, Baltimore, Summer ANA.
Of course I fill in with some pretty fair size regional shows.
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
Findley Ridge Collection
About Findley Ridge
Long Beach for the show, San Diego for the vacation
FUN,ANA and CSNS.
The summer FUN show is a regional, not a national event. I have purchased some nice coins there, but it is not close in size to the Winter FUN, big ANA, and fall and spring Baltimore shows. If you going to be in the area or if the family wants to go to the theme parks, it’s worth the day. I would not travel a long distance to get to it just for the show.
I would attend the Summer Fun if they didn't charge me the same rate as the Winter show which is a day longer!
From a collector’s standpoint: Winter FUN, ANA, Baltimore, and then your home state’s Numismatic Association show
Winter FUN, Long Beach, ANA and Baltimore... After reading years of reports, they would be my recommendations. Cheers, RickO