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<p>[QUOTE="asciibaron, post: 221615, member: 8566"]went to the Vienna show this morning - looked at a few things, shook my head a most of them. many of the slabbed coins i saw from PCGS have me worried. a variety of types all in higher grades seemed to be way over graded - obvious XF coins graded at AU58 or even MS60. i saw several MS66 Jefferson nickels that i wouldn't dare grade above AU50.</p><p><br /></p><p>i'm heading back tomorrow and am hoping to come home with a few nice finds. there were a few coins that i was interested in and i'm certain they are still there. i'll post a complete show review tomorrow, but so far, the big winner was my son. i bought him a nice half dollar which he promptly talked another dealer into buying for 2x what i paid. he is a smooth talker <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>nice to see some dealers have fun with kids at the shows - i had my eye on a coin they had and will pick it up tomorrow for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>-Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="asciibaron, post: 221615, member: 8566"]went to the Vienna show this morning - looked at a few things, shook my head a most of them. many of the slabbed coins i saw from PCGS have me worried. a variety of types all in higher grades seemed to be way over graded - obvious XF coins graded at AU58 or even MS60. i saw several MS66 Jefferson nickels that i wouldn't dare grade above AU50. i'm heading back tomorrow and am hoping to come home with a few nice finds. there were a few coins that i was interested in and i'm certain they are still there. i'll post a complete show review tomorrow, but so far, the big winner was my son. i bought him a nice half dollar which he promptly talked another dealer into buying for 2x what i paid. he is a smooth talker ;) nice to see some dealers have fun with kids at the shows - i had my eye on a coin they had and will pick it up tomorrow for sure. -Steve[/QUOTE]
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