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<p>[QUOTE="wxcoin, post: 3867022, member: 74624"]I used to go regularly to small local/regional coin shows with a list of coins to search out. I don't anymore for a number of reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found that most of these shows had the same dealers year after year and most of the coins that weren't slabbed seemed identical to the ones I looked at previous years. I imagine the bigger shows are different but they usually don't bring with them the coins I'm usually interested in. Talking to some of the dealers who have a brick and mortar shop, they mentioned that they had what I was interested back at their shop. So what I would do is get a business card so I could contact them after the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is nice to go to a show to look around but I usually get burned out quickly. There was a time in my younger days that since I had a wad of money in my pocket I had to come home with something. I always regretted that mindset later on when I no longer had the money to buy the coin(s) I really wanted when the opportunity arose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wxcoin, post: 3867022, member: 74624"]I used to go regularly to small local/regional coin shows with a list of coins to search out. I don't anymore for a number of reasons. I found that most of these shows had the same dealers year after year and most of the coins that weren't slabbed seemed identical to the ones I looked at previous years. I imagine the bigger shows are different but they usually don't bring with them the coins I'm usually interested in. Talking to some of the dealers who have a brick and mortar shop, they mentioned that they had what I was interested back at their shop. So what I would do is get a business card so I could contact them after the show. It is nice to go to a show to look around but I usually get burned out quickly. There was a time in my younger days that since I had a wad of money in my pocket I had to come home with something. I always regretted that mindset later on when I no longer had the money to buy the coin(s) I really wanted when the opportunity arose.[/QUOTE]
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