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Madison Coin Club

The annual Fall Coin Show sponsored by the Madison Coin Club was held at a brand new venue, the Hilton Garden Inn conveniently located right off of US Highway 151 in Sun Prairie on October 21st, which was a cool and sunny day: a good day for a Coin Show. We were the first to use the second floor ballroom. Being a new experience to us as well as for the Hilton Garden Inn there were a few glitches, the main one being that they did not provide the backup tables specified in the floor plan. Our normal Show location, the Sheraton Hotel, in Madison is booked on Sundays through September 2019.

The show started off slowly at but picked up as the morning progressed. Collectors were entering but very few were leaving, and by 11:00 it was a full house. I surveyed the dealers and most said their sales were ‘good’ or ‘great’ with a couple of ‘fairs’. I also asked them if they would prefer the Hilton on Sunday, the Sheraton on Saturday or if they had No Preference for our Spring Show location. The Hilton won by a two to one margin. Therefore, our 87th Anniversary Show is scheduled to be held at the Sun Prairie Hilton Garden Inn on Sunday, March 31, 2019. Applications will be sent out in late December or early January to dealers on our mailing list. Thanks to John Krueger of Collector Choice Coins in Sun Prairie for finding the new location and running the Show. We also want to thank all the Madison Coin Club members who volunteered at the Show by helping the dealers enter and exit, and staffing the registration table.

Submitted by Tom Galway