ANDA World Note and Coin Expo Melbourne 18-20 Oct 2013

[czark]

I won't be attending the Perth mint release btw.

[runway]

I like the clockface

[czark]

Believe it or not this was a hologram. The RAM had several displays like this. Pretty neat!

[Goldseeker]

A very nice display as well.   All that saw it tried to nick the coin(s) but we all failed miserably.   A nice gimmick though.

Show was at the Etihad Stadium and opened up with a dinosaur release of a coin, $99.00 and the designer was there to sign the package.   Tea, coffee, nibbles and a free ticket to the main exhibition and a free ticket to attend the Melbourne Museum and valid for a month.

Plenty of coins on display at the main exhibition, not too many people there as it is a working day.   Mad rush to the Aust post Stand for a limited edition, 300 only, PNC called Birth Of A Prince or something like that.

Saw some good coins and one private coin was a 25 Year Coronation/Coat Of Arms 50c piece in private hands.   Only the second one to surface.   Very nice.

I will not state the action that happened at the RAM Portable press as someone else can tell that story.

Met up with Australian Coins and Mum and Dad, as well as Czark, Pra from an other forum.   Not many others that I can remember but quite a few from the World Stamp Expo held at the Exhibition Building several months ago.

I spent all my money on a full set of Interment Camp Tokens but had to get approval from the wife first.

Sorry, no photos, maybe someone else can supply them.

All those that ordered things from me should have PM's by now.

A good show, not over crowded.   Will be busy tomorrow and Sunday me thinks.

[robbiegal]

thanks!
sounds like you are enjoying yourself

[purplepennyhunter]

I want to hear the portable press story........please

[Fulvio]

I want to hear the portable press story........please

Yeah.. spill, or the mule gets it! :mafia:

BTW, I got into a discussion about the show at the coin shop. There was a guy from Perth who was in town for it. Turns out there is a way to beat the parking ripoff...

Drive down to Victoria Park station which has free parking, and either jump on a train or walk up to Flinders Street and hop on the free City Circle tram.

Maybe I'll relent and head in on Sunday.. maybe. :dodgy:

[Goldseeker]

If you went to the Perth Function this morning, you were given a free entry ticket to the show.

It is best if someone else tells the story of the "portable press scenario".

Threats etc will not make me reveal what went on.   Bribes might but not threats.  Hehehe

Hopefully Australian Coins can fill you all in.......or maybe mum and dad..........but you will have to wait as they have run out of internet downloads etc.

[Fulvio]

they have run out of internet downloads etc.

Know THAT feeling... Even with multiple people I can bot bulk bandwidth from, its getting to be a monthly stress lately.

[dcoin]

Went to the show today, haven't been to a coin show before so it was quite a different experience. Lots of dealers and mints in attendance to cater for a collector on any budget. As usual some dealers and their attitude is stuck well in the past, people do get set in their ways, I'm a younger collector so some people just seem unwilling to give you the time of day, but the vast majority of dealers were more than happy to help me out.

Noticeable that most stands had quite a few pcgs coins as well as a healthy stock of RAM products. There were also quite a few 2000 $1 mules for sale.

PCGS Asia and the Canadian and British mints also had stands which is different from most shows I gather.

Met emu66 and markn from this forum which was good to put a face to a name.  Also managed to buy a couple of coins from Eric Eigner and Klaus Ford.

The IAG Auction is also on, had a look at a couple of lots but nothing that would fit into my collection.

[trout]

Met emu66 and markn from this forum which was good to put a face to a name. Also managed to buy a couple of coins from Eric Eigner and Klaus Ford.

Sounds like you were walking with the angels there Mate.
Should of picked their brains while you were at the show, A Mass of knowledge between those identities :good:

Nice to see that most of the dealers have gotten over the attitude of "He/She is to young So forget em" attitude :good:

[Goldseeker]

I must agree that there were a heap of coins that had been slabbed by PCGS on display for sale.

There were some other slabs seen but the price sticker covered the Company Slab name.

[runway]

Who was selling the slabs with price sticker covering Company Slab name?

[markn]

Met emu66 and markn from this forum which was good to put a face to a name.  Also managed to buy a couple of coins from Eric Eigner and Klaus Ford.

It was good to meet you Dcoin!

I went to the show yesterday expecting a lot and was disappointed.  There were no international coin dealers in attendance other than John Eccles from New Zealand who comes every year to the ANDA shows anyway.  The international "dealers" who were there were not dealers, they were purveyors of bullion and NCLT and other such stuff.

Plus the venue was stupidly hard to find and poorly signed.  The actual stadium was hard to miss, where in the stadium the show was being held was much more difficult.

[czark]

I agree Mark. I too was expecting a lot more international coin and banknote dealers.

Might have to fly overseas one day to experience such a show. Hahaha