"Over 180", they say. https://www.raleighcoinclub.org/expo Heading over now, should be there in half an hour. Will probably only stay for an hour or two, but we'll see.
Holy cow, no wonder parking was hard. It's PACKED in here! And full tables, front to back. A lot more dealers and attendees than last year.
Please let us know your thoughts after you have walked the show. Based on it bein packed, it sounds like it could be good for the dealers (at least the ones without museum prices ).
It's a very bad time to be trying to sell silver, but not yet a great time to be buying either, apparently. I sold a cleaned Saint and a half eagle, and (finally!) bought a raw 2009 high relief. Unfortunately it came with the RIDICULOUSLY GIGANTIC original Mint box, so I'm still coming home with a heavier backpack than I brought. But also some cash, which is always good.
I wandered by the ANACS table; looks like they're... having issues? Long turnaround, no longer handling ancients or some foreign? And "not accepting any new customers"?!
And I noticed this display of silver proof sets next to the table where I was selling my gold. It's finally happened: the premium for 1999 silver sets has vanished. They're selling at exactly the same price as the subsequent years. (I have a few sets for which I paid a slight premium. I'm not under water on any of them, but that's entirely down to silver's performance.)
