How Far Have You Gone?

Yes, you do!

I live in southern California and I've flown to Florida FUN Show, Pittsburgh ANA, and Chicago ANA. Farthest I've driven was from San Antonio when I was living there to the Arlington (Dallas) TNA show, a little over 4 hours. I stayed a night or two and drove back.

I would recommend flying cross country to visit a major national show, either the ANA or a FUN show. It is worth every penny.

From Sydney to Manchester UK.
As part of my travels, I visited a coin show, where I bought a U.S. gold dollar at a {then} bargain price. That was waaaay back in 1971.
I still have the coin in my collection !

I have been continuously and actively building my collection since 1963, buying from bricks 'n mortar coin dealers in the early days, now mainly by attending coin shows and auctions.
Never bought on line, have always liked to visually inspect each coin in hand, before deciding on a purchase.

I have seen dealers' inventory in the U.S., but when they perceived me as a tourist rather than an enthusiastic collector, the prices offered were too high.

When I first read the thread title, I thought this question was about the mental decline regarding our aging forum members. :-)

But, as for coin shows, only local stuff which is always a combination of coins, antiques and collectibles. The bigger shows are in the big city but the cost of flying is a no-go for me.

\Show coming up in Austin

Austin Airport Coin and Currency Show
Hilton Garden Inn Austin Airport
7610 John Glenn Way
Austin, TX 78741
Nov 14th - 15th, 2025
Fri Noon - 6:00PM
Sat 9:00AM - 4:00PM

I've been to the FUN show multiple times but I'm on South Florida so only a 230 or so mile drive for me.

I hadn't been to many serious coin shows; in fact I think the two showings of COINS in Moscow might well have been the only ones. It was, I think, about 20ish km from where I lived at the time. [Looked it up; it was 17 km straight line.]

Counting weekly coin fairs, feels too close to call between that one fair in the far south of Moscow (30ish km, but >2 hours of travel, because it wasn't very close to the subway, unlike COINS which was not only close but also on the same subway line; it had since moved and I don't recall where exactly it was) and the Kaliningrad fair that I went to from Pionersky (~32 km away) a few times.
I've visited a flea market in Haifa recently to look for coins, but it wasn't specifically a coin fair or even a coin store, and apparently it was less than 30 km away by straight line (closer to 40 by road).

I did visit a coin store during my one-day visit to Munich (as part of my three-week trip to Germany) - but it wasn't on the itinerary; I accidentally noticed it from the bus window, and we were looking for excuses to get off that bus anyway