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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 3213727, member: 42773"]Congratulations on your first show. If you're a coin junkie like me, they never get old! You'll find dealers of ancient coins at the larger shows, Baltimore, FUN, etc., and of course NYINC is the mother of all ancient/world coin shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>I spent a year setting up at small shows in Eastern PA, and did nothing but lose money, even when the rent was as little as $75 per table. Small shows are mostly attended by what I call Morgan Zombies. My wife (a professional baker) once made some pastries from an ancient Roman recipe, and we couldn't even sell those. Sigh.</p><p><br /></p><p>The market responds to demand - if you want a larger selection of ancient coins, get to a big international show. Even then, out of a thousand dealers, only about 15 or so will specialize in ancients, but that will give you a much larger selection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 3213727, member: 42773"]Congratulations on your first show. If you're a coin junkie like me, they never get old! You'll find dealers of ancient coins at the larger shows, Baltimore, FUN, etc., and of course NYINC is the mother of all ancient/world coin shows. I spent a year setting up at small shows in Eastern PA, and did nothing but lose money, even when the rent was as little as $75 per table. Small shows are mostly attended by what I call Morgan Zombies. My wife (a professional baker) once made some pastries from an ancient Roman recipe, and we couldn't even sell those. Sigh. The market responds to demand - if you want a larger selection of ancient coins, get to a big international show. Even then, out of a thousand dealers, only about 15 or so will specialize in ancients, but that will give you a much larger selection.[/QUOTE]
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