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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 6443615, member: 105571&quot;]I just returned home from the first day of the Lakeland Collect-O-Rama Show.&nbsp; I thought it was about as well attended and stocked with dealers as the pre-pandemic Lakeland shows I have attended.&nbsp; I was surprised to see WestCoastCoins there, seemed like quite a jaunt for them.&nbsp; WCC had some really choice material on display.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did see and speak with [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] briefly, he seemed pretty busy the entire time I was there, about 10 am to 1 pm.&nbsp; Also chatted with several dealers I have not seen in months and months.&nbsp; Ran into the secretary and president of my local coin club and had a nice chat.&nbsp; Haven&#039;t seen them for over a year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everybody obeyed the mask rule as far as I could see but social distancing was an afterthought and sometimes a no-thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw lots of money and checks changing hands, including some of mine.&nbsp; I thought pricing was high, similar to what I have seen in auctions this last 6 or 7 months.&nbsp; I saw quite a few high-quality U.S. PCGS and NGC non-CAC coins that I was very interested in with super-premium price tags attached (1873 Pr-64 LS 1$,&nbsp; 1871 AU-58+ LC 1$, 1891 MS-65BN IHC, 1877 AU-55 IHC).&nbsp; I also saw a lot of low-end stuff or very common highly-graded material that seemed to me to be about where the market should be (LOL,&nbsp; And just where SHOULD the market be, Publius2?) for this material.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think some of what was I was seeing in this show was a lot of dealers trotting out their tired old material and a lack of new material for many of them.&nbsp; I think I&#039;ve heard this issue of lack of new material from others.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the things I was looking for specifically was nice Capped Bust Half Dimes in PCGS or NGC AU-55 to MS-63.&nbsp; There were surprisingly few CBHDs at all in this show, slabbed or raw, and absolutely nothing that I wanted or needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of silver and gold coin stacking going on.&nbsp; Heard a couple of dealers complain about selling gold for less than they purchased it due to the recent fall in gold spot price.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if they actually sold at a loss or not, it seems about half of what I hear dealers saying at coin shows is some kind of complaint.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, for a short while I won&#039;t be jonesing for a coin show.&nbsp; Now the EAC auction is coming up next month.&nbsp; Got my eye on something there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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