pghpanthers2

Hello all,

I was just wondering how everyone feels about buying coins from flea markets, yard sales, basically everything other than dealers with their own store front, etc. Where I live, there are not many dealers that actually have open shops (most dealers I have called only go to coin shows). Of course, I do frequent the dealers' store when I can, but they really do not turn over inventory very fast. So I buy a lot of my coins (almost all common date silver stuff) at flea markets. The people I buy from carry an impressive inventory which seems to change with moderate frequency.

What is the general consensus among collectors about buying coins using this method? The red book discourages this type of coin acquisition, but its not like I am buying rare, expensive coins. The way I see it, its not much different than buying on eBay and you actually get to hold what you are buying before you hand over the money!

Thanks for your thoughts!

-Nick