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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 1337419, member: 28199&quot;]there&#039;s nothing wrong with buying coins at a flea market, as long as you&#039;re careful and do your research.&nbsp; I have purchased many common date coins for my collection from a couple vendors.&nbsp; First, I would not blindly buy a high-end coin from a flea market, any more than I would buy a rolex from the trunk of somebody&#039;s car.&nbsp; I won&#039;t go into how I started collecting (inheritence) but I frequent the local flea market every weekend.&nbsp; I usually have breakfast at the small kitchen inside (they start cooking my order when I walk through the door), then make my rounds.&nbsp; I made friends with one vendor, a nice guy in his 60&#039;s, retired mail carrier, and long time collector.&nbsp; I purchase from him pretty much every week.&nbsp; He knows what I want, and will look for this stuff.&nbsp; He also knows most of the other vendors, and will steer me to the one who has what I may want, and has already checked it out (they have a system, like coin shows, where the vendors visit each other and buy and selll at &quot;dealer prices&quot; before the crowd gets there).&nbsp; I have discussed items sold by other vendors, and even outside vendors, with him before I purchase.&nbsp; Point is, it took me a while to develop these relationships.&nbsp; This, I think, is the key.&nbsp; I am lucky in that I found this resource, but as always, you can find some good deals if you know what your&#039;re looking at.&nbsp; And the old adage still holds true: <b>If it seems to good to be true, it probably isn&#039;t</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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