TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 10, 2023 Greetings from Pittsburgh! At the last minute, I decided to attend this years 2023 ANA World’s Fair of Money! After booking my hotel Sunday, I hopped in the car and drove over Tuesday. IMG_5249.MOV Here is the view from the show floor! I was quite surprised with how large the show actually was and it took more than a day to navigate the whole bourse. Perhaps half of the dealers had ancients of some sort. Compared to NYINC which I attended in January, I would say the ANA show had more ancients overall but NYINC had coins of significantly higher value. For those of us who can’t afford a coin at 6 figures, the ANA probably had more options. IMG_5265.MOV This is the west side of the show floor from an above walkway. The east side 16 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 I was able to handle this impressive four solidii bulla at Stacks Bowers. IMG_5262.MOV 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 My only purchase of the show was this Byzantine tornese. It sold at Bucephalus a few months back but I forgot to bid…its the second known and only in private hands for the type. The seller had it listed as a normal tornese even though the auction listing identified its rarity. I bought the coin at its original hammer plus BP…a steal at $250 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 The tyrant collection was also on display. Besides the anglo saxon coinage I wasn’t able to appreciate anything on display but I am sure any British collectors would have enjoyed the display immensely. IMG_5285.MOV IMG_5286.MOV 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 Perhaps the real highlight of the entire show was this horrendously ridiculous slab… 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 Overall it was quite the experience! As the case tends to be for myself with such shows, its not worth the money spent on hotels and restaurants from a pure coin acquisition aspect. However, being at such a show is an experience unto itself and when else can you spend hours talking trade without boring the other person to tears? 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 10, 2023 Thanks for post. I was considering going, but life gets in the way. Hope u enjoyed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Atherton Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 10, 2023 Thanks for talking about your experience at the ANA brouse! I vicariously enjoyed it so much. I thought about a road trip to the show myself, being only 3 hrs away ... unfortunately, I already have a concert in Cleveland this week and that would be a lot of driving around! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Atherton Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) NB: Sadly, I see a lot of slabs at the brouse in your photos and videos. Edited August 10, 2023 by David Atherton 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 10, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 15 hours ago, David Atherton said: NB: Sadly, I see a lot of slabs at the brouse in your photos and videos. Indeed…more slabs than usual 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane76 Posted August 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 11, 2023 @TheTrachyEnjoyer I was going to post photos of my Wednesday visit but they were not nearly as good as yours! Thank you for posting them! I hope this isn’t a breach of etiquette, and apologies in advance if it is, just thought I would post my experience at the show. It was my first large coin show. I have only been to smaller coin shows in Cleveland and Columbus respectively. It was overwhelming! Sensory overload to say the least. SO……..MANY…….COINS. It was worth going for the experience to me, but I feel when all is said and done I do better at auctions or smaller shows. The advice received in an earlier post was very helpful( thank you all again!) and I had specific goals but at the end of the day I did not end up getting any ancient coins🤷🏻♂️. I did sell some coins and felt overall I received good prices ,so it was the first show where I made money instead of made debt( the wife was pleased, surprised, and perhaps wondering if I was replaced by aliens….). I talked to Laura Wakeland at the HJB table and she gave me good advice for this show. She said every half hour or so to exit and give my eyes a break and reset my brain because there is so much to look at. She said it would prevent knee jerk purchases, and mistakes. It was very helpful 😀. I bought one coin just because I occasionally like coins with a story. A shipwreck coin as seen in the photos. Long story short( too late!) it was a good experience and I will be better equipped to go to a large show again if I want to in the future. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted August 21, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 21, 2023 An Awesome report. Thank you for compiling these posts. It is only 4.5 hrs. away for me to go there. It may have taken a whole day to get around for you but I wouldn't have covered a 1/10 of that. Let me guess . . . was it the undegrading of that coin in the ANACS slab that you found horrendous. Just a guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 21, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 12 hours ago, thenickelguy said: An Awesome report. Thank you for compiling these posts. It is only 4.5 hrs. away for me to go there. It may have taken a whole day to get around for you but I wouldn't have covered a 1/10 of that. Let me guess . . . was it the undegrading of that coin in the ANACS slab that you found horrendous. Just a guess. Postumus didn’t mint any coins in Antioch…its a geographical impossibility. The coin is actually Gordian, as the GORDIANUS might have clued the grader in🙈 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rand Posted August 21, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 21, 2023 ANACS just inserted a wrong label. Human errors happen in every field. ANACS should reflect on QC. It would not stop me buying the coin, whether it is in a usual holder or in a slab with wrong label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted August 21, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 37 minutes ago, Rand said: ANACS just inserted a wrong label. Human errors happen in every field. ANACS should reflect on QC. It would not stop me buying the coin, whether it is in a usual holder or in a slab with wrong label. Nope. Postumus did not mint antioch coins. This is a fantasy label created by a quack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rand Posted August 21, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, TheTrachyEnjoyer said: Nope. Postumus did not mint antioch coins. This is a fantasy label created by a quack True. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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