Quote:I keep hearing about these mythical LCS's but I can never find one.most of my purchases are
ebay, forums like this, and the occasional pawn shop find
We have four in my city of 250k people. I generally only do business with two of them. The first one I mentioned earlier and then there's a second one I frequent occasionally. They have the best selection but their prices are a little higher. And they have been known to offer junk silver prices for coins they ultimately put in flips and sell as collectibles. The 3rd shop focuses on world coins. Great guys but they don't have much of what I seek. The fourth shop is owned by a guy who is a complete DB and is more jewelry focused (selection is weak, but prices are fair).
(edit - the 2nd shop one time sent me home with a roll of 90% halves that had multiple 40% JFKs. I should have inspected it before making the purchase but I trusted them. Now I do not buy 90% from them because of that and because they don't let me pick what I want like the first shop)
Do you have coin shows in your area or within a reasonable driving distance? I will drive up to about 2 hours for a decent coin show.