The FUN show in January, 2026

The main thing is the quality of the lens. As you look at the coin, all of the lens should be in focus. On a cheep one the outer area of the lens won't be as clear and in focus as the center is.

 

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So Heritage is showing Continental currency and I have never seen that in person. They would allow me to take a gander at one of those if I preregister?

 

It isn't pre-registering for that auction, it is registering as a member. If you already have an account with them, you don't have to register for this auction. If you don't have an account with them, everyone should.

And yes, they'll let you look at anything you want to.

Like messy said, they'll give you a menu and it will say something like lots 1000-1030, and you want to look at lot 1015. You check the box, hand the menu back to the attendant, they go get the box, and then supervise as you look at whatever you want. You can look at as many lots as you want to, as many boxes. They'll usually only get you one box at a time. If someone else is looking at that box already, they'll skip it and come back when it is available.

Many of the people running the viewing are local security hired for a temp job, and they are as fascinated looking at the coins as you are!

 

I always do my bids on Heritage thru PayPal. I did email them and they did say they would let me look at the Continental Currency is they had it there.

 

I have spent time explaining the coins I'm looking at to the interested agent helping with lot viewing. It's a very gratifying experience.

 

Enjoy lot viewing! You're not going to get a chance to see that many of those in one place very often. And yes, you can spread them on the table and take a photo.

 

Same, and same!!

 

Oh man! You people get to go to the coolest places while I'm stuck here.
GL all and have fun! Be safe too!

 

I have to admit that this year’s winter FUN was almost too big for me. I went in looking for five Liberty quarter eagle dates. I found four of them after breezing by all the tables. The one I could not purchase was either overpriced, or I didn’t like the coin. I found a couple of low priced Indian Cents on my list and a piece of Confederate related paper money I did not expect to find.

 

It was a huge show this year-biggest ever. I found many coins that were on my list and looked at many more. For the purchases, I felt like they were reasonably priced but I also passed on some extremely nice but grossly over-priced coins.

So busy on Thursday you could barely make your way in the aisles.

As I was getting ready to leave Saturday, a dealer I know pulled from his pocket a Pan Pac PCGS MS62 CAC and challenged me on value. I said $94K but he said $84K. It's a great show!

 

Dang…. And I thought I was miffed at the 1836 AU58 dime the fellow wants s$1900.00 for. More than twice Greysheet.

 

I got a lot of quotes which were higher than the PCGS Coinfacts retail numbers. Usually those numbers are on the high side. Needless to say I passed on those.

 

I read somewhere there were over 10,000 in attendance that day! I would be very overwhelmed!

 

A FUN official told me Thursday late-morning that by Noon past years they had 1,500-2,000 attendees register and enter.....this year it was 7,000.

Lots of people interested in PMs due to the rise in gold and especially silver.

I had a family relative who recently came into some $$$ ask me questions about buying some gold coins with his speculative capital.

 

I’m old enough to remember when investment shysters would try and sell Morgans as investment vehicles. So now, they have passed on, and their kids want to “reap the windfall”. Well yes, it’s found fast money, but that same money in the market would have netted far more in the long term.

 

Many/most of the coins have never approached their 1989-90 Bubble Peaks. I don't think silver moved much during that time...it was ALL numismatic premium expansion.

Coin prices went up like 10-fold in 3 years all because certified/graded coins were allegedly going to be the target of Wall Street $$$. When that didn't happen, the prices collapsed 75-85% across the board. I would venture that most of them have never approached even their nominal prices from those years, even 36-plus years later.

As an example.....an 1881-S Morgan SD in MS-65 saw a huge percentage drop but it was even extended to the somewhat rarer 66's and 67's. In MS-66, the price plunged from $1,400 to $200, and in MS-67 the drop was from $3,950 to $680.

Today, the MS-66's still sell for $400 with CAC or CACG grading....and the 67's are $800-$900 unless you have DMPL or rare toning.

 

I would love to go to that show to meet some of you interesting characters but I hate crowds like that and I hate I4 and Orlando in general. It's a 2 hour drive no matter which house I'm coming from. Maybe one day......?

 

I drove on I-4 at 2:30 PM and cruised the entire way from Punta Gorda. Maybe driving on I-4 at other times or from other locations is a PITA but it was OK for me.

I met a few guys from this and other forums but not as many as I would have liked.

I'd really like to have a meet-and-greet with a larger group from here and there.

I'm considering doing a talk at FUN in the future, maybe that can help things.

 

You've been here a while I suppose, how did you know their names or recognize them? PM them in advance for their names? Meet at a certain place, time certain? That's a lot of cattle to wade through.

 

Met a few last time at FUN 2020....PM'd on-and-off and also posted on FUN 2026 thread(s)....then just hung out at bar and we met up.

You're right though....for a larger group...it would be nice to set a definite location and time. There are 3 hotels near the OCCC and some people were at the Rosen Centre Hotel (like me)...others at the Hyatt and Hilton. Others could have been at hotels further away, too.

With some coordination, we can meet at 1 location but have everybody from all the different hotels meet there. Could also meet during/after FUN in one of the rooms if we reserve it (do they charge ?).