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Message:: [QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 11857188, member: 42034"]If I go this will be my 3rd NYICS.  First 2 were in 1999 and 2000 in the World Trade Center.  I was even more of a neophyte at buying world coins than I am now.  I did snag a few common Latin America crowns in mint state as well as some French, but all world was unslabbed at the time. I did get a French Revolutionary (1793) ecu, raw, cheaply, that later slabbed as an ms-65. On FUN, I recall going once and not finding a single coin to buy in the whole show.  Finally, out of desperation, I bought a Chinese copper medallion at $500. although I had/have no idea what it was. I imagine that there will be no ancients on the floor except at unrealistic prices.  Probably all the ancients dealers are hoping to hit the jackpot at auctions where two Sam Brinkerman-Frieds (crypto-guys) engage in gladiatorial combat {Pollex infestus: The "hostile thumb."} over some attractive denarius. I don't think there will be much Polish there as the Polish auction firms are seeing plenty of action staying at home.  This leaves Latin American & miscellaneous talersfor me.  Buying a taler would be easiest as I know very little about them and am likely to become enchanted by a pretty but common one.  Last time at a local show a young dealer attempted to sell me a restrike taler as an original, albeit at lower than the original's price. Decisions, decisions...[/QUOTE]