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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4125206, member: 73489&quot;]<b><font size="5"><span style="color: #00b300">Clifton World Money Show / Wayne Stamp &amp; Coin Show:</span></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">I went to both of these shows today, and Physics makes a good point:&nbsp; these 2 shows should COMBINE and either have it at 1 venue or alternate.&nbsp; The reasons being....</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><b><span style="color: #0000ff">CLIFTON: </span></b><span style="color: #000000"> Not great parking around this place so if you go be prepared to walk 1-2 minutes to the Rec Center.&nbsp; There were about 15-18 dealers with maybe 50-60 glass cases.&nbsp; But I only found 2 dealers with stuff of interest; 1 had some modern bullion the other had the 1 Saint (MS63 for $1,875; can&#039;t remember the date, maybe 1915 or 1913).&nbsp; Rest of the dealers had junk bins or stuff 1 notch above that.&nbsp; Lots of books with lower-end coins....2x2&quot; white squares....some Morgans.&nbsp; Some stamps and basecall cards and miscellaneous.&nbsp; Not much in the way of modern bullion, slabbed or raw.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><b><span style="color: #0000ff">WAYNE:</span></b><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp; Maybe 10 dealers and only 1 guy had stuff, though not bad:&nbsp; a few common Saints, some Libertys, some Indian Heads.&nbsp; Almost bought a raw Reverse Proof Maple Leaf&nbsp; but it had multiple milk spots.&nbsp; Not much in the way of modern bullion, slabbed or raw.&nbsp; More than 1/2 the show was stamps with tons of stamp stuff covering multiple tables.&nbsp; 1 guy had a few raw ancients; another guy had raw and graded ones from $200-$600.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><b>I just thought of something:&nbsp; the last 3 of these small, downscale NJ shows I&#039;ve been to the last 2 weekends hasn&#039;t had EVEN ONE CAC coin !! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b>&nbsp; You&#039;re definitely dealing in a different clientele where not only are higher-end coins not available (you&#039;re lucky to find a quality Morgan or generic Saint) but you&#039;re not going to find CAC versions.&nbsp; For that, you have to go to the Mt. Kisco, Westchester (maybe), and Parsippany shows in the area.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><b>PhysicsFan makes a great suggestion. </b> I have to assume that these people are covering their costs and/or making enough $$$ that they don&#039;t want to drive an extra 15-30 minutes to combine forces and have a bigger show together.&nbsp; Next time I go (?) or see one of these deales at another show I will definitely ask them if that has been discussed.</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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