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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jhonn, post: 285742, member: 5418&quot;]If this is your first show, then I&#039;d be very surprised if you&#039;re able to restrain yourself and not buy ANYTHING. You&#039;ll see something you like and at the right price for sure, even if it&#039;s not on your list. That&#039;s how I got into collecting world coinage...you see so many large, amazing silver world coins for the price of melt (basically silver dollar-size or &quot;crown&quot;-size coins for about $12 or $13 bucks) at coin shows...well, it&#039;s hard to pass them up!</p><p><br /></p><p>When going to shows, though, I always take these things with me:</p><p><br /></p><p>- My want-list (usu. the U.S. coins I&#039;m looking for as part of my type-set, and maybe a few specific Mexican or Canadian coins I&#039;m hunting for)</p><p>- My Red Book and my small world coinage book</p><p>- Any coins or notes I&#039;m wanting to sell (I &quot;purge&quot; very small parts of my collection I don&#039;t like that much or am not satisfied with)</p><p>- My loupe</p><p>- My bookbag (for storing everything, incl. coins you buy and free numismatic literature you might pick up)</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, even though I have my list, I always assume that I will probably end up buying more things that were not on my list than things that are. Also, like some others have said, it&#039;s a very good idea to just quickly scan all the tables once before going back around to think about serious purchases, just to see what everyone has. And this is kinda dumb, but since like me you&#039;re on the younger side, the nicer you dress, the more dealers tend to notice you and act friendly towards you...basically, they won&#039;t think you&#039;re some ruffian out to steal coins from unsuspecting dealers. Most dealers are nice no matter what, though, and could care less how you dress, but I&#039;ve found I command a little more respect dressing nicer. And NEVER buy anything from a dealer who won&#039;t pay attention to you at all or is a complete jerk; they don&#039;t deserve your business.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and HAVE FUN. Duh.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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