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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 285676, member: 5719&quot;]Depending on how disciplined you are (I know I&#039;m not!) you might see something relatively inexpensive that&#039;s not on your wish list.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to get really hurt with a coin that&#039;s only a few dollars.&nbsp; The potential downside (if it is one) is you may find another topic of interest within the hobby!</p><p><br /></p><p>But if your wish list is coins for which you need to understand the grading, I think you&#039;ve got the right approach to go, have fun and get to know some folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I must hasten to add that my experience with dealers at coin shows has generally been very good, and many dealers have been very nice to Thalia Elizabeth.&nbsp; In general, I find most to be quite honest, and the ones that aren&#039;t completely above board tend to stick out in the crowd.&nbsp; There&#039;s usually some room to bargain although I&#039;d expect some hesitance to bargain on gold coins given where prices are going-- they will need to replace the inventory of what they sell and the rest of the market isn&#039;t likely to give them a break there.&nbsp; I think you&#039;ll also notice right away at larger shows that there are generalists and there are specialists, and there are also dealers that tend to stick to the high end of the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a &quot;great story&quot; example: At the show I attended, I brought my 20th Century Type Set hoping to upgrade my Standing Liberty Quarters.&nbsp; A dealer who had a few that looked nice took the time to review mine carefully, and then told me very honestly that the ones I already owned were better than anything he had for sale!&nbsp; I did buy something from him anyway, but he insisted that I didn&#039;t have to.&nbsp; Oh, yes I did, it was a nice 1900 Morgan for Thalia, who collects coins from that year, but that&#039;s another story...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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