Richmond, Va Coin Show report

kaz · October 21, 2019 5:59PM

The fall show was held this past Friday through today at the Acca temple on Hermitage ave, the same venue as the last few years. I attended Saturday afternoon, a couple of dealers told me they had a very good show in terms of sales; I commented that there were a lot of people attending and they said "you should have been here this morning!"
Volunteers in the kitchen had sold out of most of the lunch items by 1:30, I discovered.

While I was on the lookout for a couple of scarce coins for my sets, I decided to be receptive to at least examining things that really caught my eye. Early on, I stopped by the table of Coins Make Cents, to see if Rob and Casey had been able to find any colorful Roosie dimes for me. My goal is to have an AU/MS raw set, nicely toned, to put into a Capitol Plastics holder (finding the holder is likely to be the biggest challenge, it seems!).I only need a couple more to finish.

They had located a 1951 and 1954 for me, and also a nice looking circ. 43-d merc that I could not refuse.

I'm always on the lookout for Trade Dollar varieties but did not have any luck this time. I did see a lot of nice bust halves in dealers cases, both raw and graded, from VF up to MS.
I noticed one gentleman sitting behind a single, small case; he was in the process of selling his personal collection. He told me that he travelled to Europe fairly often and would buy coins while there. To my surprise, his case held a Bechtler dollar (cleaned, but hey a Bechtler at a local show?); an early half dime (1796 I think ) in NGC XF 40, looked original, a few obverse adjustment marks but a very nice look; and a pcgs PF 64 1870's half dollar. I was not prepared to pony up for any of those, but it just goes to show that you never know what will turn up.
Another dealer had a really lovely toned MS66 Barber Half with a ton of luster, as well as a very choice "CircCam" bust dime (the STATESOFAMERICA one). raw, but problem free; I was tempted by that but budgetary limitations prevailed.

I picked up 2 quarters I needed for my circulated, Library of Coins album set; and a coin that has eluded me for a while. I have a weakness for early Walkers in VF. I spotted this one at the table of Mike Olson, out of Delaware; Mike always has some nice original coins, even seated type which seem very scarce these days. Anyway, this half caught my eye, I thought about it, went home, still thinking about it, went back and bought it.

Oh, here is the 51 Roosie:

Saturday was a gorgeous day outdoors, so I was surprised to see such good attendance for the show. The Richmond Coin Club does a great job and the venue is spacious without being cavernous, and close to I95 and many restaurants and hotels.
Y'all come !

Sunday the tropical storm remnants moved through with wind and heavy rain, so I fear attendance was down. I hunkered down , I think we got about 3".

Smudge · October 21, 2019 6:13PM

Thanks, good report.

Catbert · October 21, 2019 6:15PM

Very nice new pieces! Such a diverse group. Thanks for sharing your experience.

DRUNNER · October 21, 2019 6:23PM

Beautiful coins!

I love the CircMerc!!!!!!

Quite a successful show for you . . . . . . we seem to enjoy many of the same things!

Drunner

kaz · October 21, 2019 6:44PM

Thanks for the kind remarks folks! I just bought the Roosie capital plastics holder on eBay!

Kccoin · October 21, 2019 7:15PM

Great report. I really like your walker, and the fact that the kitchen was selling out

Hallco · October 21, 2019 7:29PM

Awesome finds! I'm also a fan of the early Walkers in this condition. Thanks for sharing and a great report!

mannie gray · October 21, 2019 8:16PM

I love the Walker.....I think they look better like that than low "MS" coins.
Fantastic look to that one...and the Roosie is sweet too....

Crusty · October 21, 2019 9:04PM

Thanks for taking the time to share your experience at the show. Coin show reports are one of my favorite things to read on the forum. Your pics bring us as close to the action as possible. To bad on the Trade dollars.... Maybe next time.

BLUEJAYWAY · October 21, 2019 9:13PM

Galactic coloring on the toners.

Walkerguy21D · October 22, 2019 4:42AM

Thanks for posting a great show report, and I really like that 19D walker!
Looks like a solid VF25/30.

No Headlights · October 22, 2019 4:50AM

That’s a very nice Walker. Don’t see them raw like that very often
Congratulations

WaterSport · October 22, 2019 5:47AM

Great report, Thanks.

WS

ricko · October 22, 2019 7:37AM

Thanks for a great show report...and excellent pictures. I really like that WLH....Cheers, RickO

TwoSides2aCoin · October 22, 2019 7:43AM

Wish I could make them all, every time I read of one. Thanks.

DDR · October 22, 2019 9:04AM

Good report, enjoyable read. Thanks.

kaz · October 22, 2019 2:15PM

Here's the grade on the Walker:

Walkerfan · October 22, 2019 2:25PM

Thanks for the great report.

The 1919-D WLH is quite nice and is scarce in most grades.

Good to hear that attendance was strong.

Hemispherical · October 22, 2019 2:31PM

Thanks for your show report @kaz.

rln_14 · October 22, 2019 2:33PM

thanks for the repory

golden · October 22, 2019 3:41PM

Thanks for your report.

sparky64 · October 22, 2019 5:06PM

Great report and I like your wide array of interests.
Thank you.

gtstang · October 23, 2019 6:13AM

I was there late afternoon Saturday but it did not seem busy. Maybe because of the time?
One dealer I talked to was questioning whether this show is worth the costs of traveling expenses based on sales.
I only picked up two inexpensive items.

Dave99B · October 23, 2019 3:46PM

Thanks for the great report. LOVE the 43-D Mercury.

Dave

Richmond, Va Coin Show report

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