Sacramento Coin Show Report
MarkInDavis
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Today was the day for the December one day coin show in Sacramento at the Red Lion Inn. Doors opened at 10:00, I showed up around 10:30. The show was small as I expected. As is (or maybe was now) usual for me, I always like to start by making a cursory round just eyeballing things so I know what's around before I start spending money. Given the size of this show, this took only about 30 minutes.
I'm nearly finished with my WLH PCGS slabbed short set and am expanding into the 30's but still looking for a nice 47-D. Rumor has it that Santa is bringing the other one I need for the short set. I spotted only one PCGS slabbed 1947-D. It was an MS65 that looked nice. On my second round, I checked it out closely, and it had a couple dark spots on the eagle's breast so I didn't even ask for the price.
On my first round I saw a nice 1963DCAM Franklin PCGS66. I have been contemplating getting a nice DCAM proof set from my birthyear and decided this could well be the place to start. Unfortunately, when I got back to the case where I saw it, there was an empty spot staring back at me. Note to self: if you see a nice coin check it out right away or you might lose your chance. I inquired about it and rumor was it sold for $75. #&@^!
I checked out a few MS62 Walkers from the late 30's at one table. They were nice, but the dealer wanted too much for them. Probably because they were in old green holders.
I saw lots of people shopping coins to dealers though nothing exciting from what little I saw. By 11:30am there was a reasonable amount of foot traffic. In general I think inventories seemed a bit low, and I was a bit disappointed. I decided to walk one more round before leaving.
I made it to the farthest back corner to a guy (not really a regular dealer) with one tiny display case sharing a table with another dealer when I spied a coin I was definitely interested in. Of course, the seller was suddenly (and genuinely) busy as can be. He had a complete set of lincolns some guy was looking at. The 09-svdb and 14-d were slabbbed. The rest in an album. The potential buyer haggled his $2,000 price tag down to $1,900 then said he had to check into gathering up some money and he'd be back. He didn't even look at the coins really. Another guy was buying up lots of common date PCGS 64 Morgans at $47 each from the dealer my seller was sharing the table with.
Finally, I got to look at the coin I wanted. It was just what it should be. I asked the price. It was reasonable. I made a feeble effort to beat the price down, knowing it did not matter. The seller declined to reduce the price, and I bought the coin.
Unfortunately, I cannot say any more about the coin as my dad will likely read this, and the coin is for him.
Merry Christmas.
I'm nearly finished with my WLH PCGS slabbed short set and am expanding into the 30's but still looking for a nice 47-D. Rumor has it that Santa is bringing the other one I need for the short set. I spotted only one PCGS slabbed 1947-D. It was an MS65 that looked nice. On my second round, I checked it out closely, and it had a couple dark spots on the eagle's breast so I didn't even ask for the price.
On my first round I saw a nice 1963DCAM Franklin PCGS66. I have been contemplating getting a nice DCAM proof set from my birthyear and decided this could well be the place to start. Unfortunately, when I got back to the case where I saw it, there was an empty spot staring back at me. Note to self: if you see a nice coin check it out right away or you might lose your chance. I inquired about it and rumor was it sold for $75. #&@^!
I checked out a few MS62 Walkers from the late 30's at one table. They were nice, but the dealer wanted too much for them. Probably because they were in old green holders.
I saw lots of people shopping coins to dealers though nothing exciting from what little I saw. By 11:30am there was a reasonable amount of foot traffic. In general I think inventories seemed a bit low, and I was a bit disappointed. I decided to walk one more round before leaving.
I made it to the farthest back corner to a guy (not really a regular dealer) with one tiny display case sharing a table with another dealer when I spied a coin I was definitely interested in. Of course, the seller was suddenly (and genuinely) busy as can be. He had a complete set of lincolns some guy was looking at. The 09-svdb and 14-d were slabbbed. The rest in an album. The potential buyer haggled his $2,000 price tag down to $1,900 then said he had to check into gathering up some money and he'd be back. He didn't even look at the coins really. Another guy was buying up lots of common date PCGS 64 Morgans at $47 each from the dealer my seller was sharing the table with.
Finally, I got to look at the coin I wanted. It was just what it should be. I asked the price. It was reasonable. I made a feeble effort to beat the price down, knowing it did not matter. The seller declined to reduce the price, and I bought the coin.
Unfortunately, I cannot say any more about the coin as my dad will likely read this, and the coin is for him.
Merry Christmas.
Respectfully, Mark 0
Comments
With their long-time business visibility in the Sacramento area, it seemed like this show drew every coin collector in a 50-mile radius, and I'm already planning to attend the spring version.
Thanks for your writeup, Mark!
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