Coin Shows – Sunday Attendence

The ANA (American Numismatics Association) recently announced that they will be setting up a sytem to encourage dealers to stay for the last day of the show. If dealers pack up, they will lose a point, and if they stay, they will get a point. These points are good for priority positioning on the bourse. I think this is a great idea. Many collectors may not be able to attend the show until the last day. Recently, I was at the Long Beach show on a Sunday. A large majority of the dealers had indeed packed up and left. An empty bourse gives the wrong message to the public.

Internet Numismatics Auctions

Internet Auctions are becoming popular ways to buy and sell coins and currency. If you haven’t been to any of these sites, here are a few to visit:

At the time this was written, over 14,000 coin and currency auctions were in progress. These are individual auctions. Anyone can set up and auction, so as the old saying go, buyer beware. I’ve never had a bad experience on Ebay, a rating system helps keep auctioneers honest!

This is a service where professional numismatists can list their auctions. Everyone you deal with is professional, and there are auctions that close every day.

This is a relatively new service, and as of this writing more than 1,000 numismatics auctions were listed. This works similar to Ebay, and there is currently no fee to run an auction.

Until Next Week,

Alan Cohen

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