The PAN coin show is this week in glorious Monroeville (outside Pittsburgh). The show is Thurs - Sat. It's a large show with about 350 tables and the spring show usually draws a nice crowd. Argenteus will be there at tables 519/21. Swing by if you're in the area!

Central States wrap-up: The Central States show is over. How was it? To mangle the famous Latin quote: veni, vidi, vendidi [I came, I saw, I sold]. I grade my show a solid A. Although the crowds felt smaller than last year, this was offset by the fact that for me the tire-kicker-to-buyer ratio was the lowest I've had this year. Oddly, through Friday, I would have graded the show a B+, but the buyers flooded out on Saturday (rare). The big sellers for me were SLQs and ancient coins. Dollars hardly sold (weird) and a full case of bullion was almost completely ignored. So, I'm very pleased with the show and was quite impressed with the great job the organizers did. Now, on to PAN!

Just got an email from Roma Numismatics that they’re ceasing operations on May24…anybody know what that’s all about?

Schaumburg is the center of the rare coin universe this week. Argenteus will be at the Central States show this Wed-Sat. Stop by Table 1110 and say hello!

Show update: Argenteus will be at the Baltimore Whitman Coin Show this Thurs-Sat, Table 837. In addition to SLQs and Morgan/Peace $s, I will have a nice spread of ancient coins. Stop by and say hello!

ANA National Money Show Report: So the show ended just a few hours ago here in Colorado Springs. Although snow storms dampened attendance, I still had a great show thanks to a few hearty collectors who braved the weather and bought several "whale" coins from me. Highlight: this morning a 13 yo boy and his mom stopped by the table to look at my Athenian owls. He's quite a knowledgeable ancient coin collector and we talked full crests and the evolution of the owls for the best part of an hour. Then, after huddling with his mom to negotiate a deal to lend him some money, we were able to agree on a nice price for a great owl. He walked away pretty darn excited.

Argenteus will be at the ANA National Money Show in Colorado Springs next Thurs-Sat (March 14-16). Very excited about it. Should be an awesome experience. Please stop by table 503 and say hello. Until then, in the words of Shakespeare (sort of): "When coins are scarce they are seldom [bought] in vain."

I attended the Virginia Beach Coin Show this past weekend. It's a modest size show and my expectations were commensurately modest. But, it turned out to be a stellar show. Crowds were strong and so were sales. Ancient coins were very popular as was, to my mild surprise, bullion. Anyway, hats off to the Tidewater Coin Club for sponsoring the show. They did an exceptional job organizing, promoting, and running it.

Argenteus is at the Virginia Beach coin show today and tomorrow. Stop by if you’re in the area!

PAN coin show update. The PAN show powers that be reached out to dealers to let them know that this May's show (May 16-18) will be the last at the Monroeville venue (it's closing its doors). The next show in the fall will be held at the big convention center in downtown Pittsburgh (where the ANA was held last August). At this point, it sounds like the bourse fees won't increase all that much (whew). So, goodbye Monroeville, and honestly, I'm not going to miss you all that much.

I've just acquired this 1923-S Standing Liberty Quarter PCGS MS-63.

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Final day at Long Beach…party time?

Long Beach is underway...

Argenteus is heading west to Long Beach for the coin show Feb. 1 - 3. Hopefully the weather is a lot warmer than out here in the mid-Atlantic. We will be set up at Table 845. If you can make it to the show, stop by.