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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1970 Silver Art, post: 1295394, member: 18828&quot;]Today, I went to the 1st day of the 3-day Tennessee State Numismatic Society Fall coin show. I got there about 5 minutes after the show opened to the public. When I got to the venue, it was packed with people and I had to find a parking space that was further away from the venue. Before I headed inside, I decided to check what spot gold and silver prices were. Spot silver at the time that I arrived that the show was $34.08/oz and spot gold at that time was $1753.40. When I got inside, I showed the front desk my postcard that I got in the mail a few weeks before the show started. They usually require photo ID to get in and I had mine ready to show but since one of the people there recognized me from past Chattanooga coin shows, I did not have to show my photo ID.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got in the main area where the bullion was, there were lots of people looking at bullion and coins, and it was hard to move around at times. There were also a lot of dealers that I knew from past coin shows that I went to and they recognized me since I bought from them in the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course my main objective for me was to find silver art bars that were very interesting to me to add to my collection. As I was searching for them, I have observed a few prices on other various gold and silver items and here is what I saw:</p><p><br /></p><p>.999 generic silver (1-oz rounds and 1-oz bars) - $35 to $37</p><p><br /></p><p>1/10 oz Gold Eagles - $195 to $205</p><p><br /></p><p>1-oz Gold Eagle - $1800</p><p><br /></p><p>SAE&#039;s - $38 to $40. A 1996 SAE was selling for $60.00</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver art bars = starting at spot (for gold plated silver art bars) to the highest price that I heard of $55.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>1-oz 2012 Lunar Silver Dragons - $110.00. There were another table that had 2012 Lunar Dragons but I did not ask how much they were.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I mentioned, this was a crowded show and it seemed that it was more crowded than last year around this time. I saw young and old buyers that were buying bullion and non-PM coins. Most of the dealers from what I saw appeared to be older than me (I&#039;m 38). They also had a 20th Anniversary SAE set but I did not see any 25th Anniversary SAE sets at the show. Of course they also had 90%, numismatic gold and silver and non-PM coins. I did see some selling but it was specific items and not necessarily bullion.&nbsp; I did noticed a lot of New Zealand 2011 Fiji Taku Turtle 1oz silver coins at this this show and I saw a price of $40 for them at one of the dealer tables.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, even though there was plenty of silver to be had for decent premiums, I was disappointed in that they did not have many silver art bars that I was looking for. I did find a few that I liked and I paid between $36 and $45 for them. I also picked up a sports-themed silver art round for $35.00. I did ok but not great IMO and it took me several walks around the dealer tables to find what little I bought. I left the show around 2:15 PM but I came back a short while later to buy another silver art bar that I saw earlier and left shortly after I made that purchase. I did meet some other silver art bar collectors at this show and I spoke to them and they did not find many silver art bars that they were looking for. I did spend some time talking to some of the dealers that knew me.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin show continues to tomorrow (Saturday) and the last day is Sunday. I plan to back to the show tomorrow to see if I have any more luck tomorrow on my silver art bar hunt. I do not plan to go back to the show on Sunday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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