I was wondering if anybody from the CT community will be there on Sat/Sun..? http://numismata.de/en/frankfurt-2/ As world coin folks clearly outnumber the US coin dealers/collectors, I am looking desperately (yeah really!) for people selling/trading US coins. Let's get in touch
No, I won't be there. Family reunion. @Eduard maybe? Also, several members of a German forum will get together at 12 noon, on Saturday though, in the food/catering area ... Christian
Show must have been great for treasure hunters and world coin aficionados but they didn't have many certified US coins so I wasn't really impressed.
Umm, Frankfurt is in Germany. So US coins are world coins, and slabs are not exactly popular here anyway. Ah well, at least you now know what you can expect ... Christian
You're right. What did I expect? When I found an 1876-S trade dollar and argued I would buy it if it was slabbed, the dealer told me to lower my expectations... his colleague across the hall told me I wouldn't need a slab if I knew my stuff about old US gold. I was looking at an 1899 $10 liberty gold AU/MS slider. Really?
Hi micbraun, So I didn't missed anything? Was invited on a christianing.....and today I spend my time in black forrest. Did you buy anything at all?
No I didn't because trade dollars are highly counterfeited and I didn't feel comfortable buying raw gold coins either. Actually I sold a couple of coins and also met a US dealer I knew from the year before so it wasn't such a bad experience.
Thieves have also been active yesterday, despite security guards. From what I heard, one dealer "lost" a tray of US $20 gold coins at the show ... Christian
