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The Great Boom in World Coins and Where To Get Them
The reason for this is that the dollar is falling in value and has been doing so since George W. Bush has been president. The cost of doing business in Canada has gone way up in the last few years. When Clinton left office, Canada’s dollar traded at 67 cents. Now in the Bush years, our dollar trades at 89 plus cents. The Euro, which is the currency of most of Europe today, has jumped in value from a dollar to a dollar and twenty-eight cents. This means that it costs us a lot more to buy our B.M.W.’s from Germany, but at the same time it makes us a great market for Europeans who want to buy great world coins. The logical question for Europeans is, “Where do we go for the Great Deals!” The answer is, “Go to America where stuff is really cheap now.” A lot of us have been dealers in world coins for decades. I’ve collected them from the 1950s onward, and now I sell them. I got in on the ground floor. In fact, you can too before everybody finds out what a great deal they can get in world coins at the coin shows. The Law of Unintended Consequences is working for us. I myself will be offering hundreds of great coins at a whole series of shows. Isn’t that good of me. I’m such a philanthropist! A few samples are shown here. I do all of Ernie Botte’s New England coin shows and provide hungry collectors not only with U.S. type coins, but great world coins. I did this way back when world coins were not as popular as they are now. There is a great boom in world coins right now. Europeans have a lot of money and they want coins. Ancient coins, the large thalers and crowns, and the minor coins are loaded with history which is why I have taken great care to arrange this month’s offering in chronological order. To actually hold a coin that might have been held by a friend of Julius Caesar, a crusader, somebody watching Columbus setting off on one of his four voyages of discovery, or people dealing in good in old Dutch New York is very exciting to me. The very best show to find not only great U.S. coins, but outstanding world coins is Ed Aleo’s Bay State Coin Show. Massachusetts has been known of its association with its wonderful bay since 1630. In fact, “Massachusetts Bay Colony” was the original name of Massachusetts. Ed chose this name for his show, which has been running since 1964, with this historic fact in mind. World coin dealers come from all over the great American continent to do Ed’s show. I have never seen so much great world material gathered together in that one place at one time as during these three-day coin events, which are held twice a year. I wish that there had been such great coin venues close to me when I was a kid growing up in the 1950s. Back in those days, if you could scrape together ten or twenty dollars, you could have bought some really great material for very little money. The thing I like most about Ed’s Bay State Show is that you can find just about everything you might want connected with coins, both world and U.S. For example, one can also find great books on coins. I love early numismatic literature from the 16th, 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. I love the great copperplate illustrations found in these ancient books, as well as their beautiful bindings. The Bay State Show, this year is to be held on December first, second and third, and will once again offer all sorts of treasures in great abundance. Material is offered which is almost never seen anywhere else. Coin Shows have never been so important to the collector, because coin shops, which used to exist all over the place, are no longer to be found easily. Shows are the best places for most collectors and and dealers to find material. Ed Aleo will give a free proof set to anybody who brings this issue (November) of The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles to the show on any of the three days of the event. The Bay State Coin Show will be held at the Radisson Hotel located in the heart of Boston at 200 Stuart Street, Park Square. Show hours are Friday, December 1 are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, December 2 are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 3 are 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. From November to early December, you can catch me at the following shows. On November 12, 2006, I’ll be at Ernie Botte’s Auburn Coin Show in Auburn, Mass. To get there take Exit 10 off of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Then proceed south on Rt. 12 to the Elk’s Hall which is next to Hampton Inn Hotel. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. On November 26, 2006, I’ll be at Ernie Botte’s Westfield Show at the Westfield Regency Inn. To get there, take rt. 495 to Exit 32. Then proceed to Rt. 110. The Westfield Regency Inn is right on 110. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. On December 1, 2, and 3, 2006, I’ll be at Ed Aleo’s Bay State Coin Show. This show is among the top ten shows in the country, both in size and quality. Don’t forget to bring this copy of The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles with you in order to get your free proof set. I’ll see you there! |
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