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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BigTee44, post: 2010370, member: 41883&quot;]So the only type of coin shows I&#039;ve ever attended were very small and it was combined with a Sports Card show(same show twice a year, same tables and vendors everytime). There was maybe 40 tables, with 10 of them being coins. One of the dealers had a nice selection of graded coins, but most of the others were bullion sellers or dealers selling problem coins or low grade early type coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did find a gem(in my opinion) at these shows, my 1806/5 half dollar was found at one of these shows. It wasn&#039;t until the 3rd time I attended this show that I finally bought the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to be attending my first major show later in November when the Michigan State Numismatic Society 59th Annual Fall Convention and Show sets up in Warren, MI. It&#039;ll be a few hour drive to get there but with the 1913 V Nickel and 1804 Bust Dollar on display I want to see these coins and my wife already said we can go(bonus)!</p><p><br /></p><p>So here&#039;s my question, this show is a Friday/Saturday/Sunday show and I often read about members here paying early admission to get first looks at the coins and I understand you want to see everything in-case there&#039;s something there that might go quick. Yet aren&#039;t the dealers more likely to be softer on their prices on Sunday, the last day of the show so they don&#039;t have to bring home so much inventory? I know most of these dealers are going to a different show every weekend so they might not care to move anything under what their asking price is.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;ve seen my pictures of what I buy you know I don&#039;t have just one series that I collect, I just buy what I think looks nice. Yet the down fall of that is I have no idea what the prices should be for the date and mm and I&#039;ve been known to overpay for some of the items I own. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just trying to prepare myself to go into a coin show that has approx 200 dealer tables, that&#039;s a lot compared to the 10 I&#039;m use to at my local show. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s the % of coins you think are still RAW at these coins shows that don&#039;t have problems and would actually be able to be sent in for grading? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Any other advise for a newb? It also says that you have to register to attend the show? What all does that require?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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