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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 1209802, member: 13307&quot;]I&#039;ve had great luck at flea markets, but that was after learning the lessons of:</p><p><br /></p><p>*Bring a price guide (and don&#039;t be afraid to use it)</p><p>*Learn your key dates and be able to recognize them if you see them (I lost out on a bunch of 1870&#039;s IHC that I was unsure of...so I left to go to my car to check my price guide (see #1) and when I came back someone had bought every single coin the person had for $1 each.)</p><p>*Bring a loupe or magnifying glass (and definitely don&#039;t be afraid to use it)</p><p>*Avoid most of the dealer&#039;s stuff - seems like they only bring their crap coins to the flea market.</p><p>*Always look in the glass cases.</p><p>*Always check out the booths of people who are auctioneers or buy estates.</p><p>*Learn how to recognize foreign coins with silver content - you wouldn&#039;t believe how many still sell for a quarter each.</p><p>*If you&#039;re unsure of something, but it&#039;s less than a dollar and you like the coin, go ahead.&nbsp; If it&#039;s expensive...pass and go look it up.&nbsp; </p><p>*Someone on CoinTalk said this first, so I won&#039;t claim it as mine but I&#039;ll admit to using it now:&nbsp; Buy 3, keep 1.&nbsp; At this point everything in my collection is free.&nbsp; I&#039;m always on the lookout at flea markets for coins that I can resell and pay for other coins I want.&nbsp; Last flea market I found $3 face in Canadian change that I paid a grand total of $15 for...and sold for silver melt.&nbsp; Paid for itself, lunch, and a 1927 P Lincoln Cent NGC MS64RB.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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