Coin show 11/05/11 - new ancients

Move to L.A. then I can use your book collection as a library, check out what interests me, read it, then give it back.

 

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Don't tempt me, what with winter about to hit the great state of Minnesota any day now. Not sure about LA, but California sure sounds nice about right now.

P.S. Could you IMAGINE the coin swapping that would be gong on if the 4 of us lived in the same town? I bet we would all end up owning the same coin 4 or 5 times, lol.

 

Now sure about your area but lately, for Nov. its been in the low 40s here in L.A., its unheard of. We've already had 2 storms and more coming at the end of the week

That would be pretty cool. Education itself would be worth it.

Ive thought about joining http://www.accla.org/ but its close to a hour drive from me so I dont bother making any attempts.

 

I think it would be worth it Mat. My drive from work to twin cities coin club is at least that, (about 45 minutes from home), and I find its worth my time. Mine has great people, interesting knowledge, and one collector with world class coins. I believe you would find similar at your club. Personally, if I lived in LA I would make the drive to visit it. Its amazing the knowledge you can only learn in person, (like how to pronounce so many of the words we use here, you will be surprised how many you mispronounce if all you ever do is read them!).

Chris

 

The years I spent in the Washington DC ancient club were very educational and productive to my collection. I'd suggest giving it a try. On the other hand I have visited LA and would not consider living there. If for no other reason, someone told me the coin shows were lousy and overpriced. Perhaps you should move to Maryland or Virginia. :welcome:

 

The few coin shows I have been too, including Long Beach twice now are usually over my price bracket. $500 is like $5 :/

There is 2 local coin clubs near me but offline issues keep me from being able to attend nightly functions.

 

Good to know about Long Beach. Sounds a lot like CICF. I like going there, (though the trip can be pricey), but yeah you don't see a lot of deals there unless you get lucky in pick boxes. Even those get picked through pretty heavily on the professional preview day. Looking back, I have bought some coins, but my best memories of the show is meeting people I met online, coin chit chat, and the outstanding presentations, especially the ones from CCC.

Having said that, I also think the act of physically seeing thousands of ancients in person is also very helpful to collectors. One thing about pictures on the internet, they really don't let you visualize the coin very well. I think that aspect of a major show is worth going at least once.

Chris

 

I agree about the pleasure of shows but look at the photo question from the opposite side. If a coin can not be photographed to look good, I don't care how good it looks in hand. I photograph coins and want photogenic ones. Often I can read a poor online photo and see why their photo came out poorly. More often I see a coin that looks good at a show but fail to photograph to my liking. Those are the ones I am more likely to pass on to people who don't take photos.

 

Like me?

My comment was more being able to see the real coin. I doubt I will ever own an octodrachm, or many other great rarities, but if I see them in person I have a better feel of what they are like. I am just seen a lot of coins at shows that were much different in person than what I expected. The first time seeing a massive Ptolemy bronze in person cannot be replicated by a photo, nor many other hefty Greek issues and other coins. I know eventually after 20 years most ancient collectors have a better feel for all of the various denominations issued over time, but for a newer collector I just think a show is a great way to see the best way, in person, what all of these coins they may see online really are like.

That's all.

Chris

 

We agree 100% except that I prefer to look at coins through a stronger magnifier so I think coins should look good at 1000%. My favorite 'in person at shows' dealer recently bought stronger lights so I can see his coins better. That may cost him money since now I see the faults better.