Central States show report from yours truly

They did have a table at the show. There were two or three dealers with a focus on ancients and maybe a handful of others that had a few pieces mixed in with their world coins.

 

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Winter FUN I believe is the biggest show. Maybe renting the venue in Florida is cheaper than in suburban Chicago or the people running that show are better at managing costs?

 

I picked up a 1986 Statue of Liberty and 1993 Madison-both with cool color. Design-wise, I like the Statue of Liberty more.

 

It's been tried. It doesn't work.

Smaller shows used to have Sunday hours and be a ghost town.

Dealers are business people. If they won't make money on the last day of the show, they won't stay, regardless of the disincentives. Or those factor into the decision as to whether they attend.

Fines? They won't pay.
Not allowed to reserve premium tables next year? The dealer doesn't show up - hurts the show.
etc.

Remember, you have two different dealer constituencies at a show.

Dealers looking to rationalize their inventories (wholesale)
Dealers selling retail

A dealer can be either or both.

 

How nice were they - any Unc or BU?
Perhaps he picked up some from the $30 guy then just marked up cost x 2. Flip them double bubble. Any slabbed?

 

They were typical conditions for the type. Not slabbed. I have a pretty good idea of what many can be obtained for and they were way higher.

 

I bought from Harlan Berk. They had different bins of coins priced $1, $2, $3, etc. I picked out a lot of coins sorted by which bin they were from. When I was done she quickly glanced at it and asked for $60. I was pretty pleased as I know they would have been a lot more if she'd added them up.