Gary D Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 Did anyone make it along to coinex this year. This was my first attendance and to be quite honest I was rather disapointed. 95% of the exhibitors where selling either hammered or gold or hammered gold, there was next to no 19th centry milled where my interests lay. I just managed to make it worthwhile by finding a 1902LT marked up as a HT so I did the right thing and gave them the full asking price, £25 I thought oh well I already have an UNC so I'll knock it out on ebay and it'll cover my day out. Then I looked a bit closer....... Quote
1949threepence Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 Did anyone make it along to coinex this year. This was my first attendance and to be quite honest I was rather disapointed. 95% of the exhibitors where selling either hammered or gold or hammered gold, there was next to no 19th centry milled where my interests lay. I just managed to make it worthwhile by finding a 1902LT marked up as a HT so I did the right thing and gave them the full asking price, £25 I thought oh well I already have an UNC so I'll knock it out on ebay and it'll cover my day out. Then I looked a bit closer.......Nice capture for £25, Gary No I didn't got to Coinex, and from what you say, I'm glad I didn't. Quote
Peckris Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 (edited) Nice!As for Coinex, any good milled (early or late), or Roman, or tokens, would have made it fine for me, but it sounds like a real dog. Edited October 3, 2009 by Peckris Quote
HistoricCoinage Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 Nice acquisition Gary!As for CoinEx, the only time I went I was utterly disappointed by the overly commercialised stock and so vowed never to return. The London Coin Fair is far superior in my opinion. Quote
Peter Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 I would recomend the Midland fair at the NEC motorbike museum.Every month and 4 times per year when they let all dealers in.Take cash and a decent eye glass (the lighting in variable) and enjoy from 10p coins to thousands.I actually take my family up and stay at the Coventry Village hotel with its 25m pool.(less than £70 including breackfast thru laterooms)My kids actually insist I go Last time I bought Vol 1 North for £10 and a 1770 1/2d in EF for £23 (the seller was a silver mulla)There are bargains but be prepared to dig deep. Quote
£400 for a Penny ? Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 Then I looked a bit closer.......OK, Gary, I give up. I see the double striking of the inner leg, but even with that the tide is well below the point the legs meet is it not ?Or am I missing something as usual..... Quote
Gary D Posted October 4, 2009 Author Posted October 4, 2009 Then I looked a bit closer.......OK, Gary, I give up. I see the double striking of the inner leg, but even with that the tide is well below the point the legs meet is it not ?Or am I missing something as usual.....Ok 1st clue. Colin Cooke Quote
£400 for a Penny ? Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 Oh yes.Having spent 10 minutes going boss eyed staring at the two, I think, if anything, your '2' is even further to the right in relation to Britannia's gown than the CC one ?£25 well spent then. Quote
Peckris Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 I would recomend the Midland fair at the NEC motorbike museum.Every month and 4 times per year when they let all dealers in.Take cash and a decent eye glass (the lighting in variable) and enjoy from 10p coins to thousands.I actually take my family up and stay at the Coventry Village hotel with its 25m pool.(less than £70 including breackfast thru laterooms)My kids actually insist I go Last time I bought Vol 1 North for £10 and a 1770 1/2d in EF for £23 (the seller was a silver mulla)There are bargains but be prepared to dig deep.Yes - I agree absolutely. When I was still actively dealing, I'd get my stock from two sources : 1. auctions 2. the Midlands Fair. You really could pick up some great bargains there. Stephen Lockett (who is no mug, let's face it) had trays at various prices, and I remember getting a 1750 halfpenny not far off VF from his £6 tray. And another dealer I picked up a 1944 silver 3d almost BU for £10. The best day though, was when a guy there had a HUGE tray of assorted coins for 25p each. I was picking around and he said "That's all unsorted - you might find some good stuff there." So I delved deep ... as well as several pre-1920 silver coins, I found an 1888 sixpence EF, and a 1951 brass 3d almost BU !!! Quote
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