This year RAM have two senior coin designers Aaron Baggio and Aleksandra Stokic at the show. I went back on the second day to get some of the NCLT designed by them autographed. They were both incredibly patient. It was worth attending just to have a chat with them and see some of their work.
I got the 2015 mint and proof sets, the $2 red remembrance day, the $2 purple coronation coin, a stash of $2 C mint mark ANZAC coin, the Boer War, Western Front and Flying Corps 50c signed.
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Overall I thought a much better expo than last year.
Sounds like you had a good win
Yeah, pretty happy. I brought along 6 of the red poppy coins and thought it would be good if I can get a couple signed. But she didn't mind and were very happy to sign all of them for me! It was quiet time in the morning.
I was first person there in the morning but one guy pushed in so I ended up third in the queue. My bad cause I was sitting 5m away rather than right at the entrance. But he wanted to go through all of the PNCs there to find an interesting serial! :dodgy: They had just 50 of the Vietnam War PNCs for the second day so I think he was there for the last serial. Interestingly, the Queen trio didn't sell out still by the time I left at 2 in the afternoon. They did have 750 of them.
These shows are good because you don't often get to chat to the interstate dealers.
Oh another thing I got autographed was a copy of Andrew Crellin's sovereign book. :)
Good effort. :)
Love on the spot reporting thank you!!
KChan - do you know what the asking prices were for the overprinted PNCs (Queens & Vietnam)?
Pedro
Hi Pedro, at the show:
Queen Trio with same serial $100 (Mintage 750)
Vietnam $30 (Mintage 600)
$1 MOB Mintmark "S" $15 (Not sure about Mintage)
Thanks KC :good:
Pedro
KC,
In the advertising blurb for the Sydney Expo, they said: "•ANDA will hold a silent auction of PNCs numbered 1 to 10 and the 'Number One' Perth Mint ANDA Money Expo special".
I have not seen mention of a Perth Mint Special anywhere else (like occurred at the Melbourne Expo) - did you happen to see if there was such an item and if so, what was it?
Cheers
Peter (notcb)
There's a Sydney special at the bottom of this page:
http://www.perthmint.com.au/catalogue/melbourne-anda-money-expo-special-2016-australian-kangaroo-half-oz-silver-coloured-coin.aspx
Thanks Fulvio,
But that is the 2015 special. That's why I was querying KC, as there was a 2015 Perth special (2oz Goat) and a 2016 special for Melbourne (1/2oz Kangaroo) - but nothing listed for 2016 Sydney.
Cheers
Peter (notcb)
I didn't see any Perth Mint specials. I was there for two days from 9 am - 3pm so surely I would have seen them! There was a ANDA special stand right near the entrance where you can buy the 3 show specials. Another one nearby where Belinda Downies shows off her ultra expensive items and RAM's special stand at the far end with the 5c forage table. The rest were dealers and the usual bullion guys selling bricks of silver and gold.
Yes there was a silent auction table with bidding sheets where you can write your name and bid amounts for each of the 1-10 numbered Vietnam War and Queen PNC. As you can expect, the #1's has the highest bids but the rest also attracted several each. Mostly from the same 2-3 people. When I left at 2:30pm on Sunday the highest bids were around $300 or so for #1 others weren't that outrageous. Like $50 for Vietnam for example. #8 was more expensive than others I can't help but notice. Because you can see all the previous bids the logical thing to do is to show up at 3:55pm on Sunday to bid. One guy was very keen and put down $300 even though the previous bid was only like $50-70ish.
The 5 cent forage table attracted bit of a crowd throughout the day. As I don't have a child with me I was not allowed to participate. I will have to borrow one next time.
Thanks KC,
From what you observed it seems that the publicity material from the Melbourne ANDA Expo was used as the draft for the Sydney Expo and someone didn't proof read correctly.
At the Melbourne show there were quite a few grandparents helping the little kids to find the elusive 1972 coins.
Cheers
Peter (notcb)
APCGS Shane Williams was showing off the no. 1 pnc's on one of the Facebook groups Sunday arvo......
Quote from: 'kchan1111' pid='100089' dateline='1476688667'The 5 cent forage table attracted bit of a crowd throughout the day. As I don't have a child with me I was not allowed to participate. I will have to borrow one next time.
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Great report on the show KC!
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Quote from: 'kchan1111' pid='100089' dateline='1476688667'I didn't see any Perth Mint specials. I was there for two days from 9 am - 3pm so surely I would have seen them! There was a ANDA special stand right near the entrance where you can buy the 3 show specials. Another one nearby where Belinda Downies shows off her ultra expensive items and RAM's special stand at the far end with the 5c forage table. The rest were dealers and the usual bullion guys selling bricks of silver and gold.
Yes there was a silent auction table with bidding sheets where you can write your name and bid amounts for each of the 1-10 numbered Vietnam War and Queen PNC. As you can expect, the #1's has the highest bids but the rest also attracted several each. Mostly from the same 2-3 people. When I left at 2:30pm on Sunday the highest bids were around $300 or so for #1 others weren't that outrageous. Like $50 for Vietnam for example. #8 was more expensive than others I can't help but notice. Because you can see all the previous bids the logical thing to do is to show up at 3:55pm on Sunday to bid. One guy was very keen and put down $300 even though the previous bid was only like $50-70ish.
The 5 cent forage table attracted bit of a crowd throughout the day. As I don't have a child with me I was not allowed to participate. I will have to borrow one next time.
There were a lot of "children" at the table who did not at all look like children. You would have blended right in.
Eric
Quote from: 'drakesterling' pid='100259' dateline='1477011037'Quote from: 'kchan1111' pid='100089' dateline='1476688667'I didn't see any Perth Mint specials. I was there for two days from 9 am - 3pm so surely I would have seen them! There was a ANDA special stand right near the entrance where you can buy the 3 show specials. Another one nearby where Belinda Downies shows off her ultra expensive items and RAM's special stand at the far end with the 5c forage table. The rest were dealers and the usual bullion guys selling bricks of silver and gold.
Yes there was a silent auction table with bidding sheets where you can write your name and bid amounts for each of the 1-10 numbered Vietnam War and Queen PNC. As you can expect, the #1's has the highest bids but the rest also attracted several each. Mostly from the same 2-3 people. When I left at 2:30pm on Sunday the highest bids were around $300 or so for #1 others weren't that outrageous. Like $50 for Vietnam for example. #8 was more expensive than others I can't help but notice. Because you can see all the previous bids the logical thing to do is to show up at 3:55pm on Sunday to bid. One guy was very keen and put down $300 even though the previous bid was only like $50-70ish.
The 5 cent forage table attracted bit of a crowd throughout the day. As I don't have a child with me I was not allowed to participate. I will have to borrow one next time.
There were a lot of "children" at the table who did not at all look like children. You would have blended right in.
Eric
Agreed. I am almost child size anyway.