I am going to the coin show Dec 9th in Annandale, VA. There is a dealer list posted. I have a few hard to find coins I am looking for, how do I go about figuring out what dealers may have them?
It would take some time, but might find out what dealers have some sort of online presence or a store, might help.
Many dealers of truly scarce coins have websites, and it might serve you well to Google those coins and see if those dealers come up on the first couple of pages . . . if they do, check and make sure the coins haven't sold yet. If they haven't, you might contact the dealer and ask if they'll be bringing that coin to the show.
For my PCGS Type set . . . PCGS MS67 1932-1964 Washington Quarter Silver 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar 2009 Lincoln Anniversary President 2019/2020 West Point Washington Quarter PCGS MS66 Franklin Half Full Bell Lines PCGS PF68 or PF69 1964 Kennedy Accented Hair PCGS AU50-AU55-AU58-MS60 Flying Eagle Cent
I think your hard ones are 2009 and 2019/20 in plastic because they’re not valuable enough to slab. The others I feel like you can just walk around and find all of them. Annandale is a good show that I usually get to once a year.
Looks like there are only 85 tables at the show. You might print a list of what you are looking for. When you find a dealer that is selling coins about what you are looking for, share the list with the dealer. He may have more coins under the table that are not on display.
Best to go to the show and look for them however you could search the list you have on the Internet to see what the normally stock. You could also contact them and ask them to bring any coins you’re interested in to the show.
Like H8_modern said, the two post 2000, you should probably try to make yourself. I would not be surprised to see several of the others available at the show. The accented hair piece may be a tougher get, but I’m not sure that particular coin in that grade is predictably at any show. Annandale is a good show and has been on my attendance list for years. Now, I no longer collect US but I regularly see a few guys with really high end certified US stuff.
Part of the problem with low-valued coins is that dealers have to make decisions as to what to bring to the show. A coin that sells for $25 and earns them $2 is a poorer use of limited space than a coin that sells for $100 and earns them $5. If however, you let a dealer know that you are a buyer for something specific, they will often be able to bring it. A 95% chance of a $2 profit is better than a 30% chance of $5. But you need to be judicious and only ask for items you really intend to buy. Funny thing I just noticed. This was my 5,000th post.
