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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2504352, member: 19463&quot;]It was one of thousands of local clubs that feel the need to have a local coin show but attendance makes me wonder if even the US people do well.&nbsp; At under ten miles, I had to go see.&nbsp; A couple dealers said they had ancients at home but did not bring everything they own.&nbsp; A few generalists had a few ancients but nothing for anyone into the subject.&nbsp; One guy had a box with several thousand completely uncleaned junkers.&nbsp; Some were Seleucid bottle caps but he asked I not dump them out and none jumped out on their own volition.&nbsp; I suspect he bought several kilos of uncleaned but had no idea that the weight would include that much dirt.&nbsp; Highlight was a book dealer who had several books on ancients including reprints of 19th century works on specialty subjects in French and German.&nbsp; There were more people at the show that read French or German than there were that collected ancients.&nbsp;&nbsp; I compared a few prices to Amazon which was always cheaper even if you add postage.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I heard the show TV ad which specified ancients so I was hoping they contracted a real dealer but it was the usual things you find in the stock of dealers who will buy anything.&nbsp;&nbsp; I did learn the club plans a bus to the Baltimore show in November.&nbsp; That may have been the real highlight.&nbsp; Anyone want to join me on a bus to Baltimore?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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