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{{Short description|An event where coins are displayed and traded}} |
{{Short description|An event where coins are displayed and traded}} |
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[[File:Coin show crowd.jpg|thumb|Coin show]] |
[[File:Coin show crowd.jpg|thumb|Coin show]] |
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'''Coin shows |
'''Coin shows''' are events where coin collectors and coin dealers attend to buy, trade and sell coins.<ref name="Numismatic News">{{cite news |last1=Frohman |first1=Bruce |date=18 August 2019 |title=Coin Show Etiquette |url=https://www.numismaticnews.net/community/coin-show-etiquette |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114193304/https://www.numismaticnews.net/community/coin-show-etiquette |archive-date=14 November 2023 |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=Numismatic News |publisher=Numismatic News |language=en}}</ref> In addition to coins, dealers also sell [[paper money]], books and tokens. |
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| ⚫ | Like other hobby shows, a show hall is arranged with aisles and tables where coin sellers can display their coins. In cities across the United States there are thirty to fifty smaller local shows each weekend. The [[American Numismatic Association]] hosts national shows each year that may feature up to 1000 coin dealers.<ref name="Nolte">{{cite book |last1=Nolte |first1=Steve |title=Collecting U.S. Coins on a Budget |date=2008 |publisher=Frederick Fell Publishers |location=Hollywood, Florida |isbn=978-0-88391-166-2 |pages=20–21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ri1OLZML2awC&dq=coin+show&pg=PA21 |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Background== |
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A coin show is also an event |
A coin show is also an event that allows the public to sell coins to dealers.<ref name="Berman">{{cite book |last1=Berman |first1=Neil S. |title=Coin Collecting For Dummies |date=3 May 2022 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |location=Hoboken, New Jersey |isbn=978-1-119-86269-7 |page=263 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tShuEAAAQBAJ&dq=coin+show&pg=PA263 |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> A show offers a coin collector the opportunity to meet multiple dealers and see a variety of coins, books, paper money and tokens.<ref name="Reiter">{{cite book |last1=Reiter |first1=Ed |title=The New York Times Guide to Coin Collecting: Do's, Don'ts, Facts, Myths, and a Wealth of History |date=16 August 2002 |publisher=Macmillan |location=New York, New Yok |isbn=978-0-312-29126-6 |page=39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U1Vhm8Vlxo8C&dq=coin+show&pg=PA38 |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> A coin show provides dealers and collectors a chance to see a great variety of coins to fill out [[coin set]]s.<ref name="Berman1">{{cite book |last1=Berman |first1=Neil S. |last2=DiGenova |first2=Silvano |title=The Investors' Guide to United States Coins, 2 ed. |date=March 2007 |publisher=Coin & Currency Institute |location=Clifton, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-87184-402-6 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lk9sgCd_FF8C&dq=coin+show&pg=PA47 |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 04:45, 21 October 2024
Coin shows are events where coin collectors and coin dealers attend to buy, trade and sell coins.[1] In addition to coins, dealers also sell paper money, books and tokens.
Like other hobby shows, a show hall is arranged with aisles and tables where coin sellers can display their coins. In cities across the United States there are thirty to fifty smaller local shows each weekend. The American Numismatic Association hosts national shows each year that may feature up to 1000 coin dealers.[2]
A coin show is also an event that allows the public to sell coins to dealers.[3] A show offers a coin collector the opportunity to meet multiple dealers and see a variety of coins, books, paper money and tokens.[4] A coin show provides dealers and collectors a chance to see a great variety of coins to fill out coin sets.[5]
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- ^ Frohman, Bruce (18 August 2019). "Coin Show Etiquette". Numismatic News. Numismatic News. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ Nolte, Steve (2008). Collecting U.S. Coins on a Budget. Hollywood, Florida: Frederick Fell Publishers. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-0-88391-166-2. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ Berman, Neil S. (3 May 2022). Coin Collecting For Dummies. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-119-86269-7. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ Reiter, Ed (16 August 2002). The New York Times Guide to Coin Collecting: Do's, Don'ts, Facts, Myths, and a Wealth of History. New York, New Yok: Macmillan. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-312-29126-6. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ Berman, Neil S.; DiGenova, Silvano (March 2007). The Investors' Guide to United States Coins, 2 ed. Clifton, New Jersey: Coin & Currency Institute. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-87184-402-6. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
