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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2188832, member: 112"]Yeah, it often is. It's not unusual at all for smaller shows with 40-50 tables to not have anybody selling world coins except for the oddball and junk bin coins. And to tell you the truth I'm surprised a show with 150 tables even had 20 with world coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Based on my experience it's only been the big shows that have numerous world coin dealers present, and even then many of them had what I considered over-priced offerings. But there was always a few that had reasonably priced coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other than the big show in New York every January, the coin show circuit usually doesn't have a whole lot to offer when it comes to world coins. And it's not so much that the market for them in the US is small, it's more that there's just not that many US dealers who specialize in world coins. And of those that do, they seem to do most of their selling through their action venues or via their own web sites.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2188832, member: 112"]Yeah, it often is. It's not unusual at all for smaller shows with 40-50 tables to not have anybody selling world coins except for the oddball and junk bin coins. And to tell you the truth I'm surprised a show with 150 tables even had 20 with world coins. Based on my experience it's only been the big shows that have numerous world coin dealers present, and even then many of them had what I considered over-priced offerings. But there was always a few that had reasonably priced coins. Other than the big show in New York every January, the coin show circuit usually doesn't have a whole lot to offer when it comes to world coins. And it's not so much that the market for them in the US is small, it's more that there's just not that many US dealers who specialize in world coins. And of those that do, they seem to do most of their selling through their action venues or via their own web sites.[/QUOTE]
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