Chicago ANA Coin Show

Ah, good ole Whiting.

At least it was not a fire this time.

Well I went to that coin show at Rosemont today. Got there as they were opening at 10AM. Had to park in their lot across the street and then had to walk what appeared to be a few blocks to get to the show. Met someone on the way there that told me he was there yesterday and was dissapointed due to so many dealers not set up yet. He did mention that since I lived so close, why not just take a cab. DUH. Never thought of that.
Today the place was wall to wall dealers and really not a lot of customers at all. I was there from 10AM to about 2PM and when I left I was really happy. The reason was I left with almost as much money as when I got there. And not a real lot of customers for the sellers at least not yet. Maybe tomorrow. Bought two Mercury dimes and some plastic flips from the Wizzard Coin supply stand. I did get my shoes shined there which did cost me $5 and a $2 tip. $13 to park and $4 to get in with a coupon downloaded from the net.
One dealer had a coin I wanted and when I asked the price I almost laughed. Way, way just ridiculous. Almost any dealer I asked about a coin was the same. Just way over priced. I continued looking for a dealer with normal prices and/or someone that could be sort of chewed down but generally prices were firm and just way, way to much.
As I said, shows like that make me happy when I leave due to now spending to much money.

First off you're correct this is not the kind of show where you're going to find a lot of 25 cent bargain boxes. The minimum table price is something like $450. That's why lot of dealers even the less expensive zones split tables.

But there are couple...

As you walk in go all the way they left and then all the way to the back.

* Mark's Coins out of Dallas has his usual 12 or 16 tables with books of G-VG-F everything.
* couple aisles over is West Coast Coins out of Toledo, OH. Revick didn't bring EVERYTHING, but he did bring a lot.

now slide along the back wall past the shoeshine stand to where the room opens up.

(Wizard is on yournleft all the way back)

The first aisle or two are ancients and currency and then you are in the land of relatively cheaper tables. You have 50 or 100 choices...

I'm on a plane, having left the show after 2.5 days. My fitbit has me at 7.77mi. Figure about 2.8 of that is the R/T to from my hotel. I'm figuring 22 or 23 miles of walking for the three days (won't know for sure until my fitbit syncs with the base station).

Man did I have a blast.

Couple newps for my Coins in circulation as of 11Feb1861 set...

I pulled the trigger on an 1858S Seated Liberty 10c in PCGS VF35 CAC...
And an 1852 $5 in VG8 CAC

Found a couple items for my 3cs grade set

Sold a bunch of dups and bad purchases (see, I'm no longer a hoarder - I've sold stuff)

Well done.

Sounds like a good time. I really want to make this show one year.

One dealer I know well emailed me and wanted to know if I wanted some coins. He said business at the show was so slow he needs to reach out to steady customers to help make up for his losses due to expenses at this show. So many people had fun, got to see lots of great coins, met new people, etc. Yet not many of the dealers came out so great. I only went one day due to just to expensive for parking, entrance fees, etc. I'll stick to local shows to buy coins.

I was intrigued by the mention that there were 1-2 rows of ancients. Most of the shows I have been to have only had 2-3 tables where any ancients were for sale. Most of my ancients purchases have therefore been online.