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Message:: [QUOTE="chip, post: 697626, member: 19122"]"Any advice you care to offer is welcome. " famous last words.... Okeh here goes, the night before you go to the coin show, practice some facial expressions in the mirror, sadness, shock, disgust, now when you go to the show, and you ask the dealer how much for that coin you have been wanting, and he gives you a price, give him your shocked look and tell him you want to look around at some of the other dealers first, then if he bends a little bit give him  the sad look, and make a counter offer, usually it is best to offer about a tenth of his first offer, then it might be a race to see who uses the disgust expression. Another fine piece of advice is to know that the lighting in coin shows leaves much to be desired, for that reason the savvy collectors wear mining helmets with a built in light on the crown, show up with one of those and the dealers will know that you are a man who knows coins. Third bring a small child with you, most dealers have a soft spot for young collectors, tell him (or her) what coins you want and then give them a little money to buy it, you will be picking up that 77 indian head cent for ten dollars give the kid a buck for helping out, no sense being tight with the hired help. Actually you might not want to follow this advice, it might not be conducive to future relations with dealers who generally after they get to know you will be more than willing to help you out.[/QUOTE]