I went to the Stuttgart World Money Fair and I couldn’t help myself!

I went to the Stuttgart Coin Show (World’s Money Fair) and bought a few items here and there. The show was smaller, with most dealers from Germany itself. It cost 6€ to get in, 4€ for students. It came with a free bag and pen


I was surprised to see a seller with a large amount of US coins for sale in Germany. Even though this was overpriced, I couldn’t help myself and added it to my collection.


I got a couple medals where they let me strike them myself (for the grandparents). Nothing special, but great stocking stuffers.


PCGS was generous enough to give me a free slabbed coin; how could I say no?!

 

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I picked up a handful of coins at 50 cents apiece. Some are ones I didn’t have yet, some had nice toning, some I wasn’t sure on and some were worth more than 50 cents.


Catawiki gave me a free loupe. It claims 40x. Not 100% sure about that, but the lens is rather large and should help with error/variety efforts.


I also picked up 5x 0€ Karl Marx notes. One for me, one for a friend, and 3x for I don’t know who yet. Maybe more stocking stuffers.


This was listed at 1€ and I picked it up purely with the intention of gifting, which is convenient because the dealer, whom I know, told me to just keep it. I might put it in a dish of random coins on my desk at work as conversation starters, and/or give it to someone with interest. If it gets stolen, I won’t be too hurt about it.

 

The €0 note is pretty funny.

 

So I was explaining to them that in the US, people think a 0€ note with Karl Marx is funny. Over here though, each country/place has a 0€ commemorative bill and Karl Marx is a bit more revered here vs in the US.

 

cool report! Did they have any bullion like gold and silver for sale? How did those do?

Did you see asian coins and lastly are slabbed coins the majority or minority? I understand that a lot in europe do not like slabbed coins