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Excellent advice.
Posted 07/08/2018 12:09 am
If you have a limited amount of money to spend on coins, leave your credit and debit cards at home.
Take a budgeted amount of cash instead.
Take a look around the whole show, and spend a lot of time doing this, looking at the whole of the inventory of each dealer. I usually take more than 2 hours to do this.
If you are building date and mint mark sets, take a 'want' list with you, a good quality magnifying glass, and perhaps a current coin guide book.
Take note of any particular coin that you may be interested in, and go back to that dealer, and negotiate to buy at the right price. Pass if you can't reach an agreed price, and move on.
Stay within your area of numismatic knowledge, so that you can grade accurately and authenticate for yourself.
For a beginner or novice, that means you may be obliged to buy slabbed coins. I personally shy away from doing this.
Take your own food and drink to save money. Eat in the designated eating area, otherwise consume outside the show.
Nevertheless always join with friends you may meet, and enjoy a cup of coffee with them.
Take a budgeted amount of cash instead.
Take a look around the whole show, and spend a lot of time doing this, looking at the whole of the inventory of each dealer. I usually take more than 2 hours to do this.
If you are building date and mint mark sets, take a 'want' list with you, a good quality magnifying glass, and perhaps a current coin guide book.
Take note of any particular coin that you may be interested in, and go back to that dealer, and negotiate to buy at the right price. Pass if you can't reach an agreed price, and move on.
Stay within your area of numismatic knowledge, so that you can grade accurately and authenticate for yourself.
For a beginner or novice, that means you may be obliged to buy slabbed coins. I personally shy away from doing this.
Take your own food and drink to save money. Eat in the designated eating area, otherwise consume outside the show.
Nevertheless always join with friends you may meet, and enjoy a cup of coffee with them.
