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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3320431, member: 46237&quot;]Most important is to be prepared. Have a list of what you want to buy and what you want to sell, along with market values for your target grade. If you know this stuff by heart (eventually you will) then great.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, don&#039;t just start buying at the first table you come across. Walk through the entire show and see what is available. Take notes if you find something you might be interested in. When you&#039;re done with your walk through, then it&#039;s time to make decisions on what you want to buy. This way you don&#039;t buy a coin for $50 and find the same one for $20 in better condition at the next table. For large shows, a complete walk through is impractical, so try to break the show down in sections and do a walk through and buy in each section in turn. Usually they have dealers with like material in the same areas of the show, so that helps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, if you find the right coin at the right price (especially if it&#039;s a bargain) or you see a good cherrypick, just buy it during the walk through. Sometimes if you don&#039;t, it won&#039;t be there later when you go to buy. I&#039;ve had this happen. This advice is only for very special coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can find a dealer list before the show, you can go on their websites or request their inventory lists ahead of time. That way if you see coins you might like you can ask them to bring them and hold them for you at the show. Likewise you can also request that they bring whatever you&#039;re interested in browsing through (especially true for world coins). Dealers can&#039;t bring all their inventory to the show, so asking ahead of time is a good tactic to increase your odds of finding something you need.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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