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<p>[QUOTE="midas1, post: 1031390, member: 21309"]I had planned to only attend Thurs afternoon but managed to get there around noon on Sat. Sold a lot of generic Morgans and some $20.00balboas. Buy range on the Morgans - $17.00 - $19.00 </p><p>and $20.00 Balboas for ten coins $800.00 - $900.00. Spent a good bit of time talking with dealers (one man shops) I see there every year. it appears these guys aren't doing real good this year. One problem is with the high cost of PM they had to shave their profit margins some. However a lot of the gold only dealers appeared to be doing well</p><p>bought three coins with masted ships on them but they are all in plastic so they don't scan well or photograph well. (really need to take time to set up my camera again) Show was not what I would call crowded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Three foreign currency dealers that have always had to best prices and they are located in the same area of the show and refer customers to each other.</p><p>For example, I was looking for the Mexican revolution anniversary 100 peso & 200 peso notes with matching serial numbers. Checked with several dealers they wanted $60.00 for the</p><p>two notes. One dealer said he didn't have it at the show but would mail it to me. Bought them for $45.00, including Mexican bank Note holding folder from Mark Wm Clark, San Francisco, <a href="mailto:mwclark12@yahoo.com">mwclark12@yahoo.com</a> </p><p>the other dealers - David F. Cienewicz, Huntsville, AL, 256-852-7015 and Len Harsel, Springfield, VA, <a href="mailto:lenharsel@AOL.com">lenharsel@AOL.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="midas1, post: 1031390, member: 21309"]I had planned to only attend Thurs afternoon but managed to get there around noon on Sat. Sold a lot of generic Morgans and some $20.00balboas. Buy range on the Morgans - $17.00 - $19.00 and $20.00 Balboas for ten coins $800.00 - $900.00. Spent a good bit of time talking with dealers (one man shops) I see there every year. it appears these guys aren't doing real good this year. One problem is with the high cost of PM they had to shave their profit margins some. However a lot of the gold only dealers appeared to be doing well bought three coins with masted ships on them but they are all in plastic so they don't scan well or photograph well. (really need to take time to set up my camera again) Show was not what I would call crowded. Three foreign currency dealers that have always had to best prices and they are located in the same area of the show and refer customers to each other. For example, I was looking for the Mexican revolution anniversary 100 peso & 200 peso notes with matching serial numbers. Checked with several dealers they wanted $60.00 for the two notes. One dealer said he didn't have it at the show but would mail it to me. Bought them for $45.00, including Mexican bank Note holding folder from Mark Wm Clark, San Francisco, [EMAIL="mwclark12@yahoo.com"]mwclark12@yahoo.com[/EMAIL] the other dealers - David F. Cienewicz, Huntsville, AL, 256-852-7015 and Len Harsel, Springfield, VA, [EMAIL="lenharsel@AOL.com"]lenharsel@AOL.com[/EMAIL][/QUOTE]
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