Using Dealers To Help With Purchases

You may also want to ask here. With a few more posts you will be eligible to purchase from members. What variety of Trade dollar are you looking for?

If the dealer acts as an agent, you should expect to pay a fee. If they buy it and resell it to you, they may also make $ on the spread. Both are perfectly acceptable types of arrangements, but you should make sure to nail down the terms ahead of time.

Price range
Dealer compensation
Specifics of what you want (slabbed/raw, grade, etc.)

You can also create on-line want lists at the major auction houses (such as Heritage or Stacks) and be notified if one goes up for sale.

That's how numismatics has worked in the US for two hundred years, and how a large majority of higher-end collectors still do today. You give the dealer an idea of your needs and price range - in your case, developing a new relationship - you'll want to be pretty specific regarding grade and "look" - and the dealer will find & offer you a coin at a specific price. You won't know what he paid. He may do it on a commission basis for a one-time customer, or desire other conditions, but this is definitely a viable proposition for you. You might need to look around to find an appropriate dealer for this one; it's not a standard B&M stocking item, to say the least, and it might take a specialty dealer to have the connections to find one.

Check some of my "Know your dealer......" posts.

I am landlocked from any type of coin shops, so I depend on the internet and two different dealers.

One of the dealers, I have never met in person, and probably never will. But, we have conversed over several coins and knows what I prefer in several series....including price.

Bring some coins in from the same series that you have collected already. Include good and lesser examples of what you find acceptable in terms of condition (not grade, but overall condition).

You mean this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAP...291061225840

I'm actually opening a store on the first of the month. If a customer asked me to find a specific Trade dollar I would have to charge a fee for my time. But it would be small because I would make the other dealer kick in too. If you have a PayPal account anyone can help you but your going to want to be referred. What are you looking for specifically. My name is Mike as in Mikey07nj. If you check mikey07nj on ebay back In may 2012 I sold a 16/16 Buffalo nickel for $7,000, now if your talking a $500.00 use PayPal . It happened that the dealer that bought the 17/16 was local or I would have flown to complete the deal as it was all profit. Tough coin as they are one of the most counterfited coins around even in the 1800s. As they were minted specifically for trade in the orient. My number is 862 354-2651. If you have questions

What I've found over many years of going to coin shows is some dealers will do anything for you and others, nothing. Some tell me to just go looking myself, others write down what I need or want and say they'll look. If you go to the same store and/or coin show a lot, many dealers get to know you. If you constantly talk to a dealer at shows, they seldom remember if you ever bought from them or not. Then if you say I need a xxxx, could you see if you could find one for me? Usually, as I said, they'll write it down and ssy sure, why not. And if you do make a purchase once in a while, even if small, they think of you as a steady cusomer so that too helps.
Looking for certain coins I've done that many times. It sometimes amazes me when a dealer sees me and says, no luck finding that xxxx for you yet. But still looking. Coming in really handy soon I hope. One dealer has been looking for a 1916D FSB Mercury dime for me for a reasonable price. Supposedly in Feb, at a coin show, he'll have it for me.
In reply, YES, I ask dealers all the time for certain coins.
Many dealers at coin shows travel all over and could possibly find almost anything your looking for. Always pays to just ASK.