What Was Your Longest Drive To A Coin Show?

Well ive only been to one and it was about 45 minutes away... But in april I'm hoping to be able to go to the 58th annual pnna convention, which is about 3 hours away I think

Last year I flew from Florida USA to Sydney Australia and Canberra Australia and visited Coin Shops.

and a Coin Club (thanks for the invite boys)


Air travel 19 hours layover time 11 hours car trip 3 hours
total time to get to the coin shop 33 hours + I lost a day traveling across the international date line


Boy do I love Internet shopping travel time to my computer 18 seconds!

I travel to Petersham (Sydney) from Yass about twice a year. That's a 3 hour run there and 3 back. I probably spend about two hours there.

Have travelled to the Melbourne Show two of the last three years to get a Royal Australian Mint portable press $1. That's a 1600km round trip.

Each year I also go the Sydney Show to get the Sydney portable press $1. I spend perhaps 5 hours the show with the wife and kids (those that still want to come). Soon it will be the wife and I and hopefully the grandkid(s).

The Melbourne and Sydney Shows were (are?) primarily agricultural shows that have horses, cattle, dogs, cats, birds, farm produce. They are quite large and attract many thousands of people.

(are?) IMHO both shows have are a little commercialised, i.e., less emphasis on the agriculture and more on trinkets and side shows.