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<p>[QUOTE="torontokuba, post: 1787232, member: 56793"]I'm not sure how I feel about coin shows, the ones I've been to, reminded me of a bunch of foxes, trying to catch a few chickens and get quadruple their cash for a coin.</p><p> </p><p>A so called "reputable dealer" was offering a 1938 Voyageur Dollar for $600. I assume there was a bit of negotiating room. The coin was supposedly a high grade MS. I asked to see it up close. I saw lots of hairlines and asked if the coin was cleaned. The response I got was that those were bag marks. I'm sorry, but, for $600 I would expect no hairlines and maybe a reputable TPGS. Needless to say, I went home and ordered the same coin on-line in UNC, from a real reputable dealer, for $110, no bag marks, no hairlines. Nothing I saw at the coin shows, made me want to go back, even to the ones with free admission.</p><p> </p><p>As for the plastic society, I did not see this stage of evolution coming in the form of polymer notes. I am now paying with plastic, whether it is cash or card.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="torontokuba, post: 1787232, member: 56793"]I'm not sure how I feel about coin shows, the ones I've been to, reminded me of a bunch of foxes, trying to catch a few chickens and get quadruple their cash for a coin. A so called "reputable dealer" was offering a 1938 Voyageur Dollar for $600. I assume there was a bit of negotiating room. The coin was supposedly a high grade MS. I asked to see it up close. I saw lots of hairlines and asked if the coin was cleaned. The response I got was that those were bag marks. I'm sorry, but, for $600 I would expect no hairlines and maybe a reputable TPGS. Needless to say, I went home and ordered the same coin on-line in UNC, from a real reputable dealer, for $110, no bag marks, no hairlines. Nothing I saw at the coin shows, made me want to go back, even to the ones with free admission. As for the plastic society, I did not see this stage of evolution coming in the form of polymer notes. I am now paying with plastic, whether it is cash or card.[/QUOTE]
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