Whitman Baltimore Coin Show report

No problem, and good report. I've heard the last day is usually pretty dead, so I try to avoid those, and like you said Cash is King at these shows.

 

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Bringing cash is like a stop gap. You can't over your limit. With plastic the sky is the limit and Lord knows we don't want to go there. I always fill my wallet with what Im willing to spend and that's it.

 

I was there on Saturday

got to meet Penny Lady. I went looking for a 1938 New Rochelle Comm. I must have looked at 75. Went back 4 times to one dealer before I purchased a PCGS old green holder MS65 from him. I've been seeing them in my sleep the last two nights. One guy had a dozen graded MS65. All PCGS new holders. There was a tremendous difference in the coins yet all graded the same. Lack of luster and scratches. All the same price. Buy the coin not the holder. Couldn't believe PCGS graded some of them. The one I settled on was really nice. First big show I've been to in awhile. Using a walker limits my travel. Was suprised I needed a photo ID to get in. Times have changed. One last comment, if you couldn't find what you were looking for at the show, you probably won't anywhere. there was an awesome amount of material available.

 

Thanks

 

I was there as well. I was belly up to dealer tables for most of Friday selling my wears. I had walked by Charmy's table but she looked really busy so I just continued on filling my wantlists. I only had a few hours to spend there so I was a busy lad, but I will be in Orlando at FUN for 4 days giving me a lot more time to visit!


The bourse floor seemed lively and the dealers I talked to said they were having really good shows... I did well for the little time I was there.

 

Yakpoo wrote: "The one table that had the most items of interest to me...and had a dealer that I "connected" with was Eugene Bruder of Chico, CA...anyone know him? He seems to have a genuine love of the hobby and really knows his coins. I didn't get any great deals from him, but that's not what I look for in a dealer...I got a couple of honest coins at honest prices and some sage advice. I bought an 1893 Liberty nickel (borderline MS64) for $235 and an 1837 Freuchtwanger token XF45 for $210."

Gene Bruder is a great guy, a dentist who has collected since he was young and went into coin dealing full time a few years ago. I met him at the Richmond, Va. coin show 2 years ago, he spent a lot of time with me discussing Peace dollars, and showed me some remarkable coins he had for sale, including large cents, Hawaii cents, and bust halves. I bought this from him:




(my tastes are a little off the beaten path!)

 

You have great taste. My speciality is commemmorative halves. The 1938 New Rochelle I bought at the show was from a dealer from New Hampshire. Seemed like a great guy. Nice to run into dealers you can trust. I collect their cards at shows, and can go on line and see what they have for sale. Broadens my search. Is the Connecticut you bought a "one and done" or do you collect the series? Don't think there are to many of us out there. For the mintage, a lot of the commems have low prices. Any circulating series with mintages of 15,000 - 35,000 would have prices, I could only dream of owning.

 

That's a great looking coin!!! I grew up in Connecticut and have always wanted one. I have a picture of my 5th grade class standing in front of the Charter Oak (the leaves on the coin aren't exactly "to scale"). Unfortunately, the tree was taken down a few years back.

I hope to do more business with Dr. Bruder in the coming months. I didn't have enough money to pay for the 1837 Freuchtwanger so he told me to take the coin, pay what I could, and send him the balance via PayPal. You don't see that very often! Of course I sent the money as soon as I got home...great guy!

EDIT: I'm pretty excited at the moment...as I was writing this, I just won a really nice 1917 McKinnley gold dollar for $944. I have the 1916, but never thought I would see a high grade 1917 for under $1000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1917-1-GOLD-Mck...mQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item3ef9fb0487

I'm hoping the mark on the face is a stain and not a scratch. I've bought quite a few coins from this Seller in the past and have always been pleased.