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Valued Member
United States
462 Posts |
Went to the annual coin club show Raleigh NC today and was very disappointing withe the world coin selection. Out of 200 tables maybe only 10-15 had some sort of world coins, only 2 had a significant number of world coins. Even those who had them priced them for insane values. I could buy better coins (silver crowns) for less from Vcoins and ebay even Ma shops. I wonder if this is normal occurrence in rest of the US. Without any local shop selling world coins and this type of local coins shows collecting world coins is a challenge. Oh well off to browsing eBay/vcoins and MA shops :( |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1699 Posts |
There are very few world coin dealers at the local shows that I've been to as well. It's really necessary to attend some of the major coin shows to have a decent world selection, in most cases. The same is true for most niche markets in the US. As far as prices, most coins are cheaper on ebay. At coin shows, you're paying to see the coin in hand before buying, for the chitchat, and the comradery. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4227 Posts |
It's the same here in Atlantic Canada too in regards to world coin dealers.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1747 Posts |
Just be glad you get 200 tables in the Vancouver area, or in northwest Washington, you are happy with 20 venders.
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Valued Member
United States
199 Posts |
The only coin show I've ever been to was at a small American Legion post just outside Cincinnati, and at least half of the 30-or-so dealers had world coins. I spent over half-an-hour at just one dealer's table looking through 15 boxes of world coins!
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Valued Member
 United States
462 Posts |
Bob I envy you :) One of my regrets is I didn't look for coin shops when I had to travel to Dublin/Columbus OH for work assignments. Dublin suppose to have lot of German immigrants.
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Valued Member
United States
199 Posts |
Well, don't give up! One dealer had a laundry basket full of coins that he was selling for 50% off catalog price!
A few of my steals included a Swedish silver proof for under melt, a New Guinea clipped planchet, and a French medieval!
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Valued Member
United States
98 Posts |
My world coin interests are so 'out there' that finding something at local shows is almost impossible. Part of the reason I started collecting British large cents is to increase the chances of finding something of interest at the shows!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I am never dissapointed at coin shows.
Many years ago, I just widened my numismatic horizons to include anything numismatic.
That leaves the potential to examine EVERY coin at a show, to determine if it may be good value for money.
It is a bit like going into a numismatic supermarket, looking for all the specials for the day, even if you are NOT looking for a particular item.
Needless to say, I always seem to come home with at least one or two buys, which I would consider to be a real bargain at the time of purchase.
There are at least a few experienced collectors here in the CCF, who have a similar strategy.
The value of almost every item in my collection subsequent to purchase, seems to be growing at at least the inflation rate over the long term.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi plonker, how hard did you try to bargain with some of those dealers? I'm by no means an expert at coin shows but I've engaged a few dealers in price negotiations and most seem willing to budge on their initial prices. I've also seen others spend 10-20 minutes talking the price down. It's one of those skills that gets better the more you practice.
~jack
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