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I would appreciate any reports.
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There was an excellent one posted by
@ikenefic with pics about Baltimore/Whitman. Still on pg. 1
Here’s a link to video…
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16o8dyPuRT/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://coinraritiesonline.com/june-18-21-2025-the-whitman-baltimore-expo/
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CRO's show reports are always the best, and available on the website soon after every show they attend.
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Agreed - John usually includes some very amusing anecdotes, and I enjoy his writing style. Call me a weeny, but I actually enjoyed combing through the old CRO Road Report archives, all the way back to the Dave Wnuck days, I found them worth the time…. Very interesting snapshots of bygone days.
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Found this post from @ricko from August 3, 2017.
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I asked AI to write a fictitious coin show report about a fictitious coin show, but in the style of a CRO Road Report:
July 11-14, 2025: The Denver Mountain States Expo
July 11th: Day 1
After swearing off early morning flights forever following our Baltimore disaster, Team CRO naturally found ourselves booking a 6:15 AM departure to Denver. Because apparently we never learn.
The good news: We actually made it to the airport on time, with all our inventory properly organized and our matching polo shirts neatly pressed (okay, that last part is a lie - they were wrinkled beyond recognition and stuffed in a duffel bag).
The bad news: Denver International Airport is apparently located somewhere near the Wyoming border, and our Uber driver seemed genuinely surprised when we told him we were going to the convention center downtown and not the International Space Station.
But we persevered, checked into our hotel by 10 AM (miracle!), and immediately headed to the show floor for what would turn out to be an absolutely bananas day of lot viewing and wholesale mayhem.
Started strong by immediately buying a spectacular 1893-S Morgan from a dealer who had just received it back from CAC with a green sticker. The coin had beautiful peripheral toning and crisp strike details that made it absolutely irresistible. Sometimes you know within seconds that a coin belongs in your inventory, and this was definitely one of those moments.
Around noon, discovered that the convention center's air conditioning had apparently been set to "Arctic Tundra" which meant everyone was either shivering or had retreated to the parking lot. This led to the surreal experience of conducting serious numismatic business while dealers wandered around wearing winter coats in July in Colorado.
The highlight of the day came at 3 PM when a collector approached our table during setup and asked if we had any "error coins that aren't errors but look like they might be." After 15 minutes of trying to decode this request, we determined he was looking for coins with interesting die cracks. We sold him three and he seemed thrilled, which just goes to show that in this business, customer satisfaction comes in many forms.
Wrapped up the day by splitting a small hoard of seated dimes with another dealer, grabbed dinner at a surprisingly excellent Thai place that had exactly zero other coin dealers in it (bliss), and collapsed at the hotel after logging 12,847 steps and consuming approximately 47 cups of coffee.
Tomorrow: The public arrives, and we get to explain for the 500th time why mercury dimes don't actually contain mercury.
Most low to mid-range successful dealers I know who have a store rarely if ever go to shows and do quite well online and with customers who come into their stores to buy and sell. I can see some value with the shows if you don't have a physical store.
I went to the June Baltimore show and didn’t buy anything. The End
Better late than never…. Suprise it was much better than we expected…. There were a lot less dealers but for some reason business was really strong we sold a bucketful of coins and even our endless supply of candy ran out by Friday morning
We were out on the floor trying to find some great coins and did pick up a few but mostly it came down to selling wholesale some great deals that we had picked up the week or two prior to the show! Anyway hope all is well and see you at FUN
The real show reports are on the dark side:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1114634/monterrey-mexico-show-report
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1114204/latin-american-coin-show-will-take-place-in-manhattan-tomorrow-may-31-from-10am-to-5pm
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