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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 2984008, member: 59737&quot;]I am lucky enough to be able to go to the Berlin World’s Fair of Money, because my wife let me go as one of my Christmas Gifts (she totally beat me this year on the gifts).&nbsp; I got to the show this morning around 10:40 after flying into Tegel, Berlin and taking the ring route straight to the show.&nbsp; I packed light, so everything fit in a backpack which I just carried with me.&nbsp; I was dismayed to see a ticket line so long, I couldn&#039;t see the other side of it.&nbsp; Luckily, the line moved quickly and it wasn&#039;t more than 20 minutes before I was in the show.&nbsp; I bought a “Dauerkarte” ticket for 16€, which I guess I’d translate to English as a “season ticket” since I’ll be here more than one day.&nbsp; They also had this passport thing you could buy, where you get stamps and coins from different participating booths.&nbsp; I didn’t think it was worth it, but might look at it again tomorrow.&nbsp; The floor layout is a bit confusing and even one of the guards I was chatting with admitted he didn&#039;t know the way out of the &quot;labyrinth&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734583[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The picture above is the layout, the red marks are about where I took the following photo to give a show on how busy this place was.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734586[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This show is bigger than any show I&#039;ve been to (Las Vegas, Baltimore, Gettysburg) and it honestly felt like I was at a carnival.&nbsp; There were dealers from around the world, though obviously mostly from Europe.&nbsp; There were a lot of places for precious metals investments, plenty of world coins and paper, and some supplies here and there.&nbsp; Some of the booths were more interactive and I am inspired to share my favorite one, where we got to mint our own coin with the old-fashioned hand crank!&nbsp; Okay, I&#039;ll admit that the guy quietly takes a hammer and hits the die one more time after the process, to make sure it was rightfully minted, but for 3 Euros, I&#039;m not going to complain!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734594[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the coin!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734598[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I met up with one of the writers and promoters of Coin World Magazine and dropped off an ASE at NGC since they’re going to have on-site graders at the Munich show.&nbsp; There’s a chance I’ll be able to go pick it up, but there’s also a chance my wife isn’t going to let me leave her and the kids for another show so soon. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]734602[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw some really incredible coins and numismatic objects.&nbsp; I tried to do anything that was interactive or sign up for a drawing.&nbsp; I’ll probably spend more time tomorrow looking at drawings and setups, since today was mostly spent digging in coin bins.&nbsp; I’ll try to take more photos tomorrow so you can see more of what I saw.&nbsp; Here’s one of the displays that really caught my attention. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734603[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734597[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I left the show with a heavy backpack, sore feet, and a smile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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