Biggest Hawaii coin show for the year this weekend. Hope Paradise Found will make an appearance

Can I drive there?

@CaptHenway said:
Can I drive there?

We are rooting for you Captain~

Someone did show up in Aloha Crisp!

@Downtown1974 said:
@SurfinxHI that Saint is spectacular!!!

AS much as I'd like to say that is mine, another forumite @renman95 is the lovely owner of that coin! I think he thinks it is just "ok"....and he did let me hold it for a few seconds... And he and his daughter hung around to talk story, which made the day for me!

I thought the show was really nice. Venue is always good, tho its expensive real estate!! ....But the Hawaii State Numismatic Association always does a great job, from set up to tear down. And everyone has Aloha as part of your mindset at the show. Mr. K, Jerry, James, and all the rest class acts (too many to name!). I love being part of the show, and hopefully, I'm ohana (I've only been in the state 20 years now...I'm not quite "local" yet wink -- but I'm working on it!). I believe this was my 8th or 9th year at the show, and for me, the show usually gets better year to year. I had several table helpers that might have been a bit noisy (my youngest son had a good cry at one point -- he's only 8 months old :'( ). But with HPD around, no worries about security for me in the venue.

Show observations from the little fish in the room -- seemed like to me that of course, better date material was on the move, from copper to gold. But, it needed to be in great condition, and priced competitively. For example, I sold several 1928 peace dollars -- didn't think that would happen, but both in high collector grades (AU 58) were gone before the show was out. 1921 peace dollars also moved. Morgans appeared to want to move in the 66+ to 68 grades (nope, I wasn't the seller of those), or in really nice DMPL/PL conditions. CC morgans moved for me, circ, uncirc, graded and raw (one was thanks to @alohagary -- that he offered here first! -- y'all gotta move when Gary offers a piece, as they are typically really nice and priced well!) Gold was being bought and sold briskly. I watched a well known coin outfit's case grow over the course of the show fairly dramatically--and they bought from me as well (better date material). Common date circ gold was being traded at a discount, usually near melt or slightly above. I sold several $5 and $2.5 gold pieces in the 58-62 range handily. Not much interest in the larger chunks, which I thought was odd. The $10s and $20s usually do pretty well, but they did not move for me. The other thing that was moving, both from a buying and selling perspective was 90% silver, bullion, and circ morgans/peace. I must have bought about 50 morgans/peace, and only ended up with 10 or so by the end of the show. Sold close to $100 face of 90% as well as another $20 face of 40% -- if I had more, it would have likely moved as well, but I was out! I acquired 3 scottsdale lion bars, and they were gone in 15 minutes, and the 3 folks who initially passed asked if I had more. Foreign material was in demand, but alas, I had none. Overall, Sunday was more brisk in sales than Friday or Saturday for me, but less in buys (Friday and Saturday were heavy on the buys). I was pleased and tired at the end of the show!

Oh yeah....got to see the trade dollar set in person....Almost bought a piece from it, but Don had to leave due to the fires.

I'll post a few pics in below.
Aloha,
Surf
(and yes, before any of you ask, no sightings of a certain Maui girl for me)