Welcome to the LONG BEACH EXPO

Greetings! We are so excited to welcome you to the Long Beach Expo – a tradition for collectors throughout Southern California and beyond. We proudly kick off another year of the Long Beach Expo, which began in 1964 and is held three times each year at the Long Beach Convention Center. Thousands converge here every expo to buy, sell, and trade collectibles. The Long Beach Expo is the largest show of its kind on the West Coast, drawing people from all over the United States.

In addition to hosting hundreds of vendors who deal in coins, banknotes, trading and sports cards, sports memorabilia, stamps, and so much more, the Long Beach Expo has unique attractions in store for everyone here. Among the highlights of this Long Beach Expo is the exhibition of the Tyrant of the New World, showcasing for the first time at this event its impressive collection of Mexican and Brazilian coinage from a fascinating age of exploration. One of the biggest events being held in conjunction with the show is the multimillion-dollar Heritage Auctions Signature Auction #1357, a favorite tradition that attracts active online bidding. Lot viewing will be ongoing at Booth 1002, with the sale occurring February 9 -12.

We are very proud to host the United States Mint on the bourse floor, offering collectors a rare West Coast opportunity to buy newly minted coins right from the source. Collectors can walk their mint-direct coins over to the PCGS at Booth #401 for onsite grading, ensuring their new acquisitions receive the best protection and to help ensure maximum value. Be sure to take advantage of onsite PCGS banknote grading for Express Service Level and above. All show services are available for U.S. and World coins.

Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) at Booth #1059 will be accepting take-home submissions for cards, autographs and now Funko Pops! at LBE! Take-home submissions are accepted at the show and brought back to PSA headquarters for processing. Once completed, they then ship the submission back to you. Visit the submission lounge to get help filling out your submission form.

Have questions about your coins and sports memorabilia? We have just the folks for you! Our Meet the Expert sessions with you with a fantastic opportunity to have your favorite collectibles appraised and to speak one-on-one with the foremost experts in the world of collectibles. You can find out more about some of your favorite areas of the hobby in our Speaker Series at the “Collector’s Theatre,” which is on the bourse floor of Hall C. This free educational opportunity is being held on Friday only from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and covers a wide variety of topics, with seminars held by Jay Turner and his introduction to collecting Mexican coinage, David McCarthy speaking on “sleeper” coins, and a talk on how to increase revenue by selling on Whatnot hosted by Kevin Chen and Mike Barbieri of Whatnot and Seth Chandler of Witter Coin.

If you have any young collectors in your group, be sure to check out what’s going on from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. on Saturday. That’s when you’ll find our popular Kid’s Treasure Hunt offering cool prizes and fun trivia – please visit the information booth for more information and to pick up your treasure map! There are also Young Numismatist activities at Booth 458, which is just down the way from Kids Korner at Booth 453, with giveaways of stamps and a fun raffle.

Grownups can win prizes, too! There are drawings every day for valuable coins, banknotes, and sports memorabilia –but you’ve got to be present to claim your prize at 2:00 p.m. daily!

We hope you enjoy the Long Beach Expo! Please let us know if there’s anything we can assist with or that you want to see at future shows. We can tell you this – we’re already planning the details for our next show, including an incredible exhibit of shipwreck coins that will be docking in June. We’re pretty sure it will shiver some numismatic timbers.

Sincerely, Stephanie Sabin, PCGS President Samantha Dark, PCGS Senior Events Manager Taryn Warrecker, Long Beach Expo Director of Sales