This is a pretty good show overall, but the world coin material is a little slender in comparison to the US tables on the floor.  My wife and I made the drive down on Friday night, and I attended the show for a few hours on Saturday.

Outside the tables themselves, there were demonstrations of early minting technologies, including hammered dies and a small screw press.  Example tokens were available for purchase.  Also, I found the member exhibits well worth the time to look over.  A fellow PCGS board member had put together a fantastic display of medals.

I met up with a fellow WINS member - Gawain O'Conner.  My thanks to Gawain, as he directed me to three tables of world coin dealers that I would have completely overlooked, had we not met at the show.  As I had said, the world coin tables were few and far between, and I must have overlooked them through the crowd.

After browsing what was available, I made my choices - a fantastic Bavarian 20 Kreuzer, graded by NGC as MS 64 PL (well deserved grade, very little adjustment marks, and flawless mirror-like fields) and a Zeeland 6 Stuiver, also known as a ship shilling due to the design

 Overall, I think it was a good show.  For the drive, I really would have preferred to see more world coin dealers on the floor, but there was really nice material for what was there.  There was one coin there, which I had always wanted to see in person - a rare gold strike of a Dutch 10 stuiver.  The 10 stuiver is typically a silver struck coin, but gold strikes were made in many of the provinces.  That was something to see.  Of course, it's well outside my price range, but to see a coin like that in hand was really something.

Next Month, the PNNA will be hosting their annual spring show in Kent.  It's a larger show, and I look forward to seeing what's at the Civitas Galleries table.