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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midtncoin, post: 2892987, member: 89569&quot;]I&#039;m quickly reaching the point where I have picked up just about everything in my current collecting focus that all of my LCS&#039; have to offer.&nbsp; Fortunately, I live in a mid-sized metro area with a few shops available.&nbsp; But even the best shop only has so much stuff and it&#039;s not like they are a wal-mart and can quickly replenish stock!&nbsp; They only have available for sale what they are able to purchase.&nbsp;&nbsp; So most of my weekly visits are spent just chatting instead of actually finding new additions to my collection.&nbsp; (I guess I could start another series but I&#039;d like to complete some of the ones I&#039;ve already started).</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;ve got to start looking elsewhere to fill those empty holes in my albums.&nbsp; I know that ebay is one place to look and back when it first started many years ago I did use ebay a lot but today I am less likely to use it since buying coins sight-unseen from an unknown entity is not very appealing to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another option is to order from online dealers or adds from mags like Coin World.&nbsp; But there are problems with that approach.&nbsp; It seems to me that so many of those dealers and ads are focusing on the high-end slabbed stuff.&nbsp; For example, I&#039;ve got the most recent Coin World in front of me and flipping through it, I see ads for double eagles and 1942 proof war nickels and BU 1932D washington quarters.&nbsp; In other words, its very specific stuff and very expensive stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I come back to my main question:&nbsp; for a casual collector such as myself, where do I turn?&nbsp; I&#039;m not interested in $1000 slabbed MS67 Morgans.&nbsp; I might want to grab a handful of raw uncirculated lincolns to complete my cent collection or a couple of XF common date V-nickels that only run $20 or $30 apiece but I&#039;m trying to complete a date/condition set.&nbsp; Those kinds of things aren&#039;t advertised. </p><p><br /></p><p>Surprisingly there aren&#039;t any local shows in my area so I&#039;m limited to the yearly state show to be able to go somewhere where multiple dealers are available.&nbsp; So in the meantime, where are good places to go if I just want to buy what I call common-grade, common-date, common-priced <b>collector</b> coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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