First Coin Show Experience

I went to my first coin show today. It was an awesome experience
walked around the whole floor 2 or 3 times.



My first experience I did a lot of listening to the
interaction between sellers and buyers.

What I learned was the first goal of the seller was to compensate
for the show. Sell cheap early. For the buyer should buy early.

Also I learned coin drops more than likely still exist at pre-coin
shows. That's a new thing to me never thought of that.

Another thing you probably won't find all the coins your missing
from your collection. Not one 1973s in the whole show. A coin
that might be worth a dollar eludes me.

Some dealers are there for the fun others are all about the money.
I could tell almost immediately. The only reason I would look
through an all about the money dealer was cause they might have
that one thing I was missing.

Oh and this is for sellers and buyers. One dude looking through
a coin book on top of three other coin books. That means I cannot
look through that book to the side. For the seller this means a
buyer has to wait for some person to move. The seller loses and
another buyer loses while they wait and like me just move on
sometimes.

Then another thing if your a coin collector never sell your coins
for there silver or gold. why cause you will just get the current
silver or gold prices not the coin price.

The dealer is not there to make you happy you should thank him/her
for the sale but not tell them your life story. Most of them
even the non greedy ones don't what to hear it.

Take a little extra money with you just in case. You might not
see those coins again.

One of the sellers had a 1955 double die PCGS. He was an older.
I asked if he would let me take pictures of the coin. He was fine
with it even though I could not afford the asking price $1900.

All in All it was a good learning experience. Before you buy
your coins online go to a show first and see what's there.

Cannot wait till the next show.