1982 d copper penny?

If you're a rank beginner, a national show can overwhelm. But it is always a good idea to attend a show a LITTLE above your level. That provides aspiration and inspiration. TOO much above your level can result in hyperventilation.

At a national convention, easily over 75% of the bourse square footage can be about coins above my budget. But the easy majority of COINS, not square feet of space, is right in the proper range.

 

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Thanks for the suggestions and very good tips.

What do you think about Long Beach, Mr Bellman?

 

Bottom line, this is Just an Opinion.
(55 years in the hobby as a serious collector, writer, talk presenter, exhibitor, judge, club leader, auction buyer, FORMER Internet purchaser, and a regular attendee of shows.) None of this makes it a fact.

 

Cal me "Kurt". I also answer to a huge number of words that'll get you banned here. I have never YET made a Long Beach, but I will someday. It just hasn't "fallen right" for my schedule yet. But all I hear or read about it is great. I have no reason to doubt that.

That said, the Anaheim 2016 ANA show was a HUGE disappointment. Philly 2018 at least TRIPLED the Anaheim attendance.

 

Yes, and people who HAVE experiences get to have their opinions valued over those who do not have the same level of experiences. I was always taught that way. I don't know, or care, what YOU were taught. The idea that "all opinions are equally valid" is strictly New Age mumbo jumbo garbage, and has NEVER BEEN TRUE.

Ask a courtroom judge.

 

I politely disagree here Alurid. Mr Bellman has an extremely valid point. If you skip shows and simply buy coins from behind a screen, you're missing out on the social aspect of the hobby, and also your skills will be handicapped. Examining coins in hand is a whole different animal than buying coins online from photographs.

Going to shows improves not only your grading ability and your understanding of the market, it also improves your persuasion and social skills.

 

Right?! Thank u!

 

I seen the difference from ur first comment. And to add to it I also gamble and buy lottery tickets I literally NEVER win on. Why? Because I am me and I ENJOY it I DO feel it is possible, it’s facts it’s possible to win or find a error or rare coin in a pile of change. Is it likely? Ehh no, odds very but I’m not gonna stop just because it’s a waste of ur time.

 

You know the reason for this, right? Even the show-attending people in this hobby tend to have the personality of a banana slug, and are almost as slimy. The computer allows the full panoply of social anxieties and personality disorders to remain hidden away, not just in numismatics, but in LIFE ITSELF. The oddballs no longer need to crawl out from under their rocks any more. They just type, and often not that well at that.

 

All right Kurt, LOL.

Long Beach is my favorite show. I haven't attended in a few years what with my hiatus, but I love it and plan to attend next year. It was the very first show I ever attended and remains my favorite. I also bought my first 1916-D ever on the bourse at Long Beach.

Is it a good show? Does it live up to all the hype? Most certainly, YES!

 

Remind me - what date ranges are typical there?

 

By what do you mean regarding "date ranges"? As in what type of material is prevalent?

 

No, times of the year that Long Beach shows happen.

 

It is usually held 3 times a year- January, June, and September.

 

This is truth.

 

See? Now why can't they get their poop together and schedule one just before or after the Grand Prix? I'd be on a show like that tighter than the white on rice!

 

That does suck!

But you should attend if only once, just to see how big it is and the quality of material.

 

I have several of those same sets and one of them turned almost black while the others stayed bright. To be safe, I removed all of them and put into 2x2s.

 

Here's my schedule problem:

January of odd-numbered years is "new session" of the Legislature.
June is "No Travel" vacay blackout due to budget season.
September is "re-convene after summer hiatus" time.

You'd think a Southern California coin show would be more sensitive to the Pennsylvania General Assembly schedule, wouldn't you?

 

Are you active in politics?? What is this legislature you are referring to?