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Message:: [QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 2126601, member: 25270"]I just got back from the Chicago International Coin Fair. I live about 20 minutes away so I've gone for the last four years. I have to say for me this was the worst one yet. There seemed to be fewer dealers than before, and almost all the ones who were there only had a relatively few high end coins. It's good if you want to spend $200 on one coin, as I know many members of this board do, but I like to look through bins where everything is a dollar, $2, $3 and so on. The only dealer who had this sort of thing this year was Harlan Berk, which is in Chicago and where I could have visited anytime I want. During the two hours I was there, the same guy had control of the $1 bin, and he was still at it when I left, so I didn't even get to look at that. The other dealers who had similar low price bins in the past either weren't there this year or didn't bring these low value coins. Several dealers had lower price coins in individually priced 2x2s, but these tended to be the same coins I get from the 25 cent bin at my LCS priced at $8 a piece. Seriously, if they want to sell anything maybe they should put a reasonable price on these things. Anyway, it was pretty disappointing. I still bought some coins, but just from one dealer who is local anyway. Anyone else on here go?[/QUOTE]