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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 719064, member: 112"]Pawn shops, flea markets, yard sales, swap meets - all of them are probably the very worst place there is to buy coins. They are notorius for problem coins, fakes, altered coins, harshly cleaned coins - virtually everything bad about a coin that you can think of.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, if you really know your coins and have the ability to identify all of the issues I mentioned above as well as a professional - go right ahead and look. But the odds of finding anything that really is fit to buy are about the same as winning the lottery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 719064, member: 112"]Pawn shops, flea markets, yard sales, swap meets - all of them are probably the very worst place there is to buy coins. They are notorius for problem coins, fakes, altered coins, harshly cleaned coins - virtually everything bad about a coin that you can think of. That said, if you really know your coins and have the ability to identify all of the issues I mentioned above as well as a professional - go right ahead and look. But the odds of finding anything that really is fit to buy are about the same as winning the lottery.[/QUOTE]
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