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One of the largest coin shows in the country (and world!) has just wrapped up in Pittsburgh, PA—the ANA World’s Fair of Money. It was nearly a week of activities, with thousands of collectors and dealers in attendance. This, and the FUN show in January, are the two largest coin shows in the country, and both are very important events for the hobby of numismatics. 

It was, to sum it up, a vey good show, with lots of buying and a decent amount of selling as well. We came into the show with a depleted inventory from heavy sales in the last few months, so we were pleased with the sales with that taken into consideration. Collectors stopped by asking for coins, but half the time, we simply didn’t have it in stock! It is a hot coin market, and if you have the right coins, they move quickly. 

The show started for us on Tuesday, when we set up that morning at the show with our inventory of around 200 major mint errors. Buying began immediately and we picked up probably 100 mint errors on day 1. The show continued Wednesday-Saturday with a lot of buying on out end (we were trying hard to buy everything we could!), and we bought hundreds of mint errors from many different sources by the end of the show. A few collections/accumulations walked up to the table, and many small deals from dealers, collectors. It was a fantastic show, and we are looking forward to attending again next year in Chicago! 

Keep an eye out for new inventory to be listed on the website in the coming days and weeks. If you are not yet a subscriber to our email new inventory alerts (which lets you know when new inventory is listed—a very useful thing, since many coins sell in minutes of being listed, you can sign up for our newsletter on the website.

A number of collectors made it to the show (photos at the end of the blog), and it is always nice to talk coins with our customers and fellow numismatists at the shows. A lot of the best information actually doesn’t get “published” in books or on the internet, and talking to other collectors and dealers can provide a great opportunity to learn and share knowledge. We get a lot of collectors and dealers stopping by with “so and so sent me over to your table…is this coin a mint error?” Sometimes it is a error, and other times we have to disappoint them and explain the coin is simple damaged, etc. 

One thing of note that we wanted to share is that Jon Sullivan (author) is no longer going to be doing the mint error attributions for PCGS. From 2022 until about March of 2026, Jon did around 80-90% of the mint errors that were submitted to PCGS for authentication and mint error attribution. Since around March, the errors have been done by PCGS, presumably in-house, and presumably they will work on finding someone else to do the work for them. 

However, on another note, Jon will be doing virtually all the errors for CAC Grading. He has done them since they started with the mint errors services a few years ago, and will continue working with them going forward with mint error attribution and authentication. Getting the attribution “right” is of great importance for error collectors, and great care is taken to get them “100%” accurate. 

A few visitors to our table at the ANA Worlds Fair of Money 2026

Above: two well known names in the hobby, Keith Bock and Mike Maino stopped by.

Above: Greg Bennick stopped by to talk errors as well. He was checking out one of the mated pair sets of cents we have when this photo was snapped!

Above: Error collector Troy Moxley (Left) and Jon Sullivan talk errors. Troy is one of the best mint error cherrypickers out there!

Above: Mike Ellis stopped by, and here he's holding the award he received from the ANA. Mike has always been a huge supporter of the ANA and the error coin club CONECA over the years, as well as his other work in the hobby.

Above: Chris Pilliod, president of the Fly-In Club, and an all around great guy stopped by.