This past Sunday, I attended my first coin show since last February. It was the monthly show in Melbourne, FL by my club, the South Brevard Coin Club. There were about 30 dealers and I saw some active dealer-to-dealer business and less active dealer-to-collector activity. Rekindled friendships with some guys I hadn't seen and caught up on news, both personal and numismatic. A ran across one dealer who didn't seem very interested in doing business. Pretty much ignored me for five minutes while he counted some bills and then seemed offended when I walked off. Too bad for him because I was in a buying mood. Not a very good performance with social distancing but masks were ubiquitous. I did buy one coin, a 1938-D Buffalo in NGC MS-66. Nothing super but nice luster and a bit of attractive toning. One dealer showed me a NGC 1937 PR-66 Buffalo that looked like it was chrome-plated both in color and reflectivity. He had just sold it to another dealer and it went for a pretty good premium over the Graysheet price guide, about 30%. Next week (19th-21st) is the Lakeland, FL Collect-O-Rama show and I'll be attending that. Next up is FUN in January.
I wish I could make it to FUN this year, but most likely 2022. My wife does not want to NEAR an airplane yet.
Glad someone got to a show. In my area all shows, coins, rocks, fossils and antiques have been cancelled for the year. I just found out my LCS will allow my to come in without a mask so I'll get in in a week or two. Gotta do my antique shop first.
Not challenging your feelings in any way but I am curious. FUN is like the second week of January. Why do you call that tax season and when would it be "not" tax season?
I'm probably going to the monthly Cleveland Coin Expo this Saturday...we'll see what, if anything, I come up with...
Thanks for the report, overall, did you feel comfortable with the measures taken to limit exposure to infection?
I felt them to be a little lax. Everyone wore masks, sort of. You know, some were pulled down below the nose, others were pulled down to the chin to talk, etc. Didn't see any hand sanitizer bottles, but then I wasn't looking for it. No temperatures taken at the door, and no limitation on the indoor population that I could see.
I went to Trevose, PA two weekends ago, and Burlington, NJ last weekend. Both had required masks and for the most part everyone complied. One younger conspiracy theorist didn't. Both also limited dealer tables. NJ had temperature readings, registration (presumably for contact tracing), and hand sanitizer. PA had none of those. NJ did have two boxes of donuts sitting on the counter and the big containers of coffee from Dunkin. I did feel safe at both, mostly from the masks. When I get home I put everything I bought in a quarantine room for at least 3 days. I then take a shower.
Nice to be able to go to a live coin show. I did my first 2 indoor antique shows the last couple weeks. Plenty of sanitizer and everyone wore masks and things went smooth. Though I think the election results hampered people’s buying at the second
Didn't mean to ignore you @Lehigh96 but I had oral surgery yesterday and just didn't feel up to doing much of anything. Just a big wussie. Anyway, here's a photo of that 1938-D I bought. I didn't pay much for it and it turned out to be the only coin I purchased and part of that decision was just to buy something from a friend. Anyway, it's not a PQ example of the breed but it's OK. NGC MS-66.
Tax season for preparers like me starts in December [preparation time] to April 15th plus. This year it went up to October. Not tax season is when I don't feel like answering the phone.
LOL! I call my accountant about April 10th but he has to answer the phone because his 90 pound Black Lab has extremely poor phone manners.
