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Valued Member
Finland
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I usually check all the coin related places before hand: coin stores, museums and national banks for unc coins at face value. Haha still remember "the numismatist's jackpot" in Kenya when local shop keeper handed me fistfull of odds and ends coins as change. I'm sure she tried to get rid of them and waited just a tourist to come in.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Always looking, my wife and I have a hard time driving past an antique store as it is
and my first question is always "got any coins". Just so happens there is a coin show in Clayton NY.
this weekend I'll be vacationing near (yeah I'll be there)
I always look for shows and shops in new places I visit.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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isn't coin hunting the only reason to go on a holiday  what else do you do anyway. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
808 Posts |
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When on vacation, do you find yourself going through the phone book looking for any local coin shops? Yes. Quote:
Before you go on vacation, check to see if there will be a coin show in the area? No. Here in Australia there aren't many coin shows, so the probability of encountering one without specifically arranging the trip to target them is very, very low. I've never been to a coin show outside of my home city. Besides, the occasional coin dealer visit is wallet-thinning enough. I've never attended a coin show and come home still with spare cash to spend. I'm not sure I'd have enough discipline to attend a coin show while on holidays and not spend all the money I'd need to pay for motel bills, petrol for the trip home, etc. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United States
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I even go on Craigslist for the area I will be in to see if I can grab anything on the fly.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My local dealer has all the large cents cataloged. I like the shops where you can look through boxes of flips. I came back from vacation with 28 large cents and a 1914-D wheat. The 14D wasn't in a flip; it was slabbed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
858 Posts |
I don't go to coin stores on vacation, but I do order a few boxes of coins from a local bank to dig through when I have time and return them to a different bank before I go. You never know what you'll find.
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Valued Member
United States
125 Posts |
That's funny Silver eagle. I've never been so proactive. I'll consider it when I'm up in Canada later this year :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36800 Posts |
Sure do. But it's give and take. If I go coin hunting, the wife gets to go antique hunting. Usually costs me more for antique junk than coins. The up side is, I get to look for more coins in the antique stores and malls while making her happy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When we went to NYC last Summer I spent half of my time hitting every coin and pawn shop in the Jewelery District (the other half was being a tourist and visiting the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, etc.).
This year, we're going to Washington D.C. Anybody know if they have a jewelry district there?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Thrift shops, pawn shops, coin shops, outlets, craft fairs, and swap meets. Vacation can get expensive. The wife says no storage auctions while on vacation! Gotta work on that. |
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 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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While I was in Branson, MO last weekend, there was a HUGE sign for a coin shop on the main drag and I would crane my neck everytime we passed it. Sadly I did not get to check the place out...sigh.
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United States
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I am going on a trip this weekend, but the coin shops aren't near my destination. And coin shops generally keep normal business hours, so they will probably be closed by the time I am free each day.  |
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