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Bedrock of the Community
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It would be cool to get to Florida in the winter and meet a few CCF'ers--but I already spent so much traveling for Christmas.  It would be awesome to get to a big show--most shows here have no more than a dozen tables--I can only imagine the cherrypicking opportunities.  Edited by DVCollector
01/06/2013 4:09 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, same here DVC. All the local shows have perhaps a dozen tables, and all those dealing in modern coins.
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Shows like this are huge. Whatever you like to collect, it's there.
Look forward to meeting you :)
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The New York International is this coming weekend, Jan. 10-13, 2013. The big dealers will all be there. It is by far the biggest show for ancient coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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When a coin show schedules itself at the same time as one of the really big shows, they are saying they don't want the big dealers or realize that they will not attract the big dealers anyway. Since I rarely have the money to buy from the big dealers anyway, this might even be considered an advantage.
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Pillar of the Community
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I generally can't afford the big dealers anyway.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bing, it's good that you'll be there two days. It's a huge show. As vermontensium said, there'll be a ton of dealers and whatever numismatic-related you may be looking for. I'm looking forward to meeting the staff on Thursday when I'll be going.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bing glad to here you going to the FUN show! I am excited to be going to NYINC but am pretty sure you are going where the buying will be better:) Work your magic and have great time!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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jw there's nothing more I would love to do and spent a afternoon with you and the Misses and talk coins, but to many miles away maybe someday..  |
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with you and the Misses and talk coins The Misses doesn't speak coins. It's not her thing and she says she does not understand my obsession with the hobby. Edited by Bing
01/07/2013 12:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Very few people understand that obsession outside of people that collect. Anymore than people understand drug addiction and alcoholism. That's just the way it is.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ok, I got home this afternoon from the FUN show in Orlando. I have never been to a coin show so large. I'll bet I did not see one tenth of the dealers there. However, in all honesty, there were only a few dealers dedicated to Ancients. I did find some dealers with a mix of modern, foreign and Ancient. It was one of these that I spend the vast majority of my time. In fact, it was a dealer recommended to me by Doug. This dealer was more than willing to spend time with me, talking about my collection, her coins, and her own personal story. As it turns out, her husband's family is from an area in West Virginia near where my family is from. My family is from a small patch in the road called Sam Black Church. It was so nice to run into people who are familiar with this area.
But I've gotten off topic. During my two days at the show, I was able to handled some very nice coins. I was sorely tempted to buy, but, much to my surprise, I was able to control myself. I only purchased three coins which I will post separately. I need some help with attribution on one. I also have my eye on one other I might just buy via the internet.
I also stopped by the CCF display and got to meet several; of the moderators I've only posted with prior. Why is it no one ever looks like you might imagine? They were all enthusiastic with not only meeting me, but with dealing with the throngs of people streaming by. I can highly recommend this show to anyone of you if you ever have the chance. But plan to spend a lot of time if you want to try to get around the entire show.
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Pillar of the Community
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Sounds good, glad you enjoyed it and looking forward to seeing what you bought, especially the one that still needs attributing, intriguing  |
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Pillar of the Community
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We will have the Long Beach show down the road and I think the ANA will be in Portland,Oregon next year....  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I've been to the Portland show--nice to see so many tables!
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