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We had to back to back coin shows, with the Savannah ANA then the Baltimore coin show the week after, so it’s good to be back in the office and not have any travel for a while. Our next show is the Central States coin show in Schamburg, IL at the end of April. 

The week before last was the Savannah ANA, which was overall a good show, albeit with not a lot of retail traffic, but with decent dealer activity. We purchased a small error collection, and picked up errors here and there from our different sources at the show, and ended up with a nice group. The location for the show was beautiful, with the new convention center in a scenic location by the river, and the city of Savannah across. Dealers mostly took a ferry back and forth (which was interesting!) A lot of people stopped by with questions about coins, and although most of the time the coins ended up not to be worth anything, sometimes they had something of value. One of the more interesting things to happen was a collector found a reverse missing clad layer quarter in the U.S. Mint’s “change machine”, which was distributing the brand new Pilgrim 25c coins—what a bonus (unfortunately, we were unable to purchase this coin!) 

This last week was the Baltimore coin show, which was busier than Savannah, with a number of our regular customers and dealers attending. We were able to buy a nice assembly of coins, and sales were decent as well. It was nice to see a number of our customers at the show as well! There were some quality error coins coins show up that we were able to purchase, many of which will be offered in the coming weeks and months. One of the most interesting coins was a raw, obverse mirror brockage 1808 large cent which walked up to our table raw, and with a good offer, were able to purchase it. Other coins including numerous nickels on cent planchets, and many other error types. 

One thing that is continuing is the strength of the coin market. Coin prices realized in auctions, at coin shows, and online are generally strong. It’s impressive to see what many error coins are selling for, which is perhaps due to the strong bullion market giving collectors and dealers extra cash, and perhaps just the general state of the economy. Whatever the reason(s), it’s good for the hobby.