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Message:: [QUOTE="kanga, post: 696979, member: 9270"]Back from the Philadelphia Whitman show (Friday).Although its size was about half that of a Baltimore Whitman show, there were still plenty dealers.On a guess 200-300.But no one took notice of my CoinTalk badge, so either:- they didn't see it.- they weren't there.- they ran the other way. I would rate attendance as very low.I hope the dealers have a better Saturday otherwise that show could be doomed. As a customer, I found it rather nice.I could belly up to almost any table I wanted to, and since business was slow, chatting with the dealers was easy.They had the time to talk to you. Always good for future business.I'll drop a wantlist on a couple of them. I bought three coins: 1. 1908 IHC MS-65 RB.This is the first coin for my short set (1885-1909) of IHCs. They will all be MS-65 RB and it will probably take a while since I'll only buy them from MFD and he will only sell me top-end coins.This IHC I'm confident would rate a CAC sticker. What's REALLY nice about the coin is that it's only RB on the obverse; the reverse is full Red![Picture later] 2. 1836, Large 5, Half Dime, AU-50.To be honest I overpaid for this coin, at least according to my catalogs. But these coins (Capped Bust Half Dimes) are very difficult to find. I couldn't pass on it.[Picture later] 3. 1795, Lettered Edge, Half Cent.There's two Lettered Edge varieties and I don't know which one I got, but since they appear to catalog the same it's not important at the moment.I bought it raw and the dealer is going to submit it to PCGS for me. So the grade is undetermined but we expect something in the VF-35/XF-40 area with an outside shot at XF-45.And if it doesn't slab I get my money back. No worries about that since this is a top level dealer and we've been through this before.[Picture when coin arrives] I found some other coins that were what I wanted but the asking prices were high, often WAY high.One coin was slabbed G-6 but the dealer was asking for VG-10 money which was about double the value (difference of about $600).Other dealers were asking for more than Coin Values prices for their coins.The economy is getting better, but not THAT much better.It would be interesting to revisit them tomorrow and, if the show remains slow, to see what their asking prices are then.[/QUOTE]

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