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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3864677, member: 101855"]When I go to a big show, I have a group of dealers I see first. Then I see the secondary list dealers. Who makes these lists? They are guys who have been honest and treated me well in the past. After that I have a lower list, and then there is the list of guys who are a waste of time. I almost never go to them. As for looking up what is available, try the PCGS “collectors corner” site. I have found coins at a show that way by noting what the the dealers are offering on-line. It has worked for me a few times. You can also look on the PCGS “Coin Facts” site. There are notations of offerings at the bottom of the auction records displays. As for the 1922 Plain cent you want, bear in mind that there are three varieties of that piece. The major TPGs only accept the variety with the strong reverse. I am sorry to tell you, but that coin will be hard to find in G-VG at a major show. Many times a dealer will not bring that coin to the show because it’s not expensive enough for them. You would have to ask the dealers, who have them, to bring them to the show. It’s disappointing, but that’s the way to it works at the major shows. A sale that comes to a few hundred dollars is a “small sale” for them.[/QUOTE]