Show Report, San Antonio, Texas February 23, 2008
Barndog
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-20 dealers and plenty of attendance to make the aisles quite crowded
-same dealers as usual, in the same places, with much the same coins
-MAD Coins always has nice bust and seated stuff, today was no exception. Only one bust half dime, 1832 LM-3, NGC MS61. Got a PCGS AU-58 as my set piece for that die marriage, so I passed.
-lots of silver on display in 1 ounce, 10 ounce, and 100 ounce versions.
-lots of Mexican coinage, as usual.
-wholesalers were doing a lot of business with the public (cheap coins in flips and "common" coins in slabs -- cash only)
I could write that review twice a year when the smaller of the two shows is held in San Antonio. The larger show has double the number of dealers and is often a better show as more quality coins are available.
I saw one R-5 half dime, an 1829 LM-6.2 in cleaned and hairlined XF. The dealer is very sight-challenged, so I suspect he could not detect the toned-over cleaning. Anyway, I just put the coin back in the case as my set piece is nicer. I pass up R-5 half dimes with regularity, especially if they are low grade or problematic. I never pass up an R-6 or rarer, of course. I purchased a gold-toned BTW Commem in PCGS MS-64 (OGH) for my type set and "traded" (plus a buck) an extra 2007 ASE for one dated 2008 -- that will go into my daughter's album. So I spent $19 at the show, which is $19 more than I spent at the last San Antonio small show.
-same dealers as usual, in the same places, with much the same coins
-MAD Coins always has nice bust and seated stuff, today was no exception. Only one bust half dime, 1832 LM-3, NGC MS61. Got a PCGS AU-58 as my set piece for that die marriage, so I passed.
-lots of silver on display in 1 ounce, 10 ounce, and 100 ounce versions.
-lots of Mexican coinage, as usual.
-wholesalers were doing a lot of business with the public (cheap coins in flips and "common" coins in slabs -- cash only)
I could write that review twice a year when the smaller of the two shows is held in San Antonio. The larger show has double the number of dealers and is often a better show as more quality coins are available.
I saw one R-5 half dime, an 1829 LM-6.2 in cleaned and hairlined XF. The dealer is very sight-challenged, so I suspect he could not detect the toned-over cleaning. Anyway, I just put the coin back in the case as my set piece is nicer. I pass up R-5 half dimes with regularity, especially if they are low grade or problematic. I never pass up an R-6 or rarer, of course. I purchased a gold-toned BTW Commem in PCGS MS-64 (OGH) for my type set and "traded" (plus a buck) an extra 2007 ASE for one dated 2008 -- that will go into my daughter's album. So I spent $19 at the show, which is $19 more than I spent at the last San Antonio small show.
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<< <i>yeah but was the "pecan lady" there? >>
oh yeah
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
<< <i>Just a question, any idea what an 8 Real Mexican coin, say in XF-AU from the late 1880s would run? >>
no idea, but if it's "affordable" then San Antonio is possibly a good place to find one
<< <i>yeah but was the "pecan lady" there? >>
This thread is useless without pictures!
walk in the door past the cigarrette smokers congregated outside...
pecan woman set up to the left with the wonderful smells of freshly roasted stuff wafting your way...
drop your invite card at the table and slap on your name tag...
enter and say good morning to the off-duty cop...
first table to right is the kid with a bunch-o-modern stuff and directly on his left is the guy with the Anacs 1853 Half in AU55 that he's had there for 2 years... (also the guy you snag high R half dimes from
Go up the far left aisle and say hi to the Anacs guys... oops wait.. they moved so prolly not there.
Next guy on the left has a few nice early commems... but nothing spectacular.
Then a whole bunch of folks on either side with oodles of raw stuff that's cleaned, scratched...
You see Fernando cruising fast and scooping up anything good in his path...
There's always a crowd around the guy that has bulging albums of foreign stuff...
The two guys who usually have a pretty decent price on silver are there...
You end up over at LSC's table and spend some time to see if you can pick up something that the "sheets" are behind the times on...
Then grab your kids and call it a day.
Next stop....... Hot Chicken Wings down the street.
Am I close?
I drove down from Austin with James Arnold (formerly of ANACS) and we spent about 4 hours there cherrypicking. I came away with two 1880-O Hangnail morgans, and James snagged another Hot Lips 88-O...Walter Scott had some amazing raw Morgans there, but I didn't buy any of them...
<< <i>I didn't get to go but lemme see if I can guess....
walk in the door past the cigarrette smokers congregated outside...
pecan woman set up to the left with the wonderful smells of freshly roasted stuff wafting your way...
drop your invite card at the table and slap on your name tag...
enter and say good morning to the off-duty cop...
first table to right is the kid with a bunch-o-modern stuff and directly on his left is the guy with the Anacs 1853 Half in AU55 that he's had there for 2 years... (also the guy you snag high R half dimes from
Go up the far left aisle and say hi to the Anacs guys... oops wait.. they moved so prolly not there.
Next guy on the left has a few nice early commems... but nothing spectacular.
Then a whole bunch of folks on either side with oodles of raw stuff that's cleaned, scratched...
You see Fernando cruising fast and scooping up anything good in his path...
There's always a crowd around the guy that has bulging albums of foreign stuff...
The two guys who usually have a pretty decent price on silver are there...
You end up over at LSC's table and spend some time to see if you can pick up something that the "sheets" are behind the times on...
Then grab your kids and call it a day.
Next stop....... Hot Chicken Wings down the street.
Am I close? >>
close enough, but no kids in tow this time