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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3868999, member: 10461"]I can remember feeling this when I walked the bourse floor of some big national shows.  While I did not have any one specific coin in mind, I did have some semi-specific preferences, and found myself thinking, "where can I enter a keyword search to find which tables I need to visit?" I suppose we've all been spoiled by the Internet, to a degree. To me, the fun thing about a big show is finding those things you not only weren't looking for, but which you might not have even known existed prior to seeing them.  The joy of discovery, in other words.  I suppose this is more possible for the collector of World and Ancient coins, or those who collect Exonumia, but there's always the possibility of discovery regardless of what you collect. The other nice thing about shows is the opportunity to admire, in person, some of those supremely rare and beautiful pieces that one could not hope to personally afford.  "Window-shopping", in other words. I can recall seeing a 1913 Liberty nickel on display once.  But even more memorable to me was holding a Mint State Chain cent.  Or the time I was able to handle a raw Panama-Pacific octagonal $50 piece and feel the sheer weight and heft of it in my hand.[/QUOTE]