One thing I like about this business is the variety of items that you can find. Aside from the various antiques and collectibles, there are a lot of interesting numismatic items that you may not find at a coin dealer’s table at almost any show. Most of these are not high priced items but are very interesting. For example, while Love Tokens can bring a nice premium, only a few specialized dealers would carry them. Since most of the dealers are also pickers. They will buy all of this stuff and bring it to a show like this.
A couple of smamples that I missed taking pictures of includes someone who had a coffee cup full of buffalo nickels for 25-cents a coin. After searching through most of the coins, all of them had at least a partial date. Not a dateless coin to be found. Another dealer was selling circulated Morgan dollars in VG-to-XF condition for $20 a coin, which is pretty good since the catalog value of most of these coins are $25-45 each. Current melt value of Morgan dollars is a little more than $14.
Although I do not have coins in my inventory at this show, you could have come by and bought a Red Book from one of the contributors, cheap!
Here are the pictures uploaded directly from my iPhone:
- Page of odds and ends including a hammered coin, love token, and Hobo Nickel
- A $100 Confederate States of America note
- 1901 $10 Dollar Lewis and Clark Bison note (Fr# 122), Elliot-White
- A small selection of Love Tokens
- Lots of silver dollars and many at very good prices
- Medals, awards, casino chips, and a Challenge Coin
- Casino chips and challenge coins make for an interesting display option!
- Some decent Buffalo Nickels, although some of these prices are a little high for their condition
- A layout of foreign coins. I bought the 1920 Canada Large Cent to the left
- The clock on the left is an old Capital Plastics holder. It is the first time I have seen one.
- Bracelets are made from Australian pre-decimalisation coins that have been gold plated
- Check written to Lorin Wright from her brothers. Lorin Wright endorsed the check on the reverse.
- Tray of miscellaneous coins.