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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1963586, member: 112&quot;]To add to what Matt said Rusty, it also helps if you know coins. What I mean by that is that you should be able to look at the pictures and usually see which coins are nicer than another. And by doing that know which ones should bring a higher price.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I have said many times pick almost any coin you want and look up auction results. What you&#039;ll see is that there is a price range, sometimes a huge price range, even for coins of the same grade and graded by the same TPG. The reason for this is because smart buyers know that just because 2 coins are graded the same that does not make them equal. They know that you have to ignore the number on the slab and the name on the slab and judge the coin itself. And then bid, or pay, accordingly.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you don&#039;t know coins, well, you can&#039;t do that. If you don&#039;t know coins then you are stuck being a plastic buyer if you do things on your own. Or, you can be smart and use the services of somebody who does know coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you think the people who form those famous collections that bring millions when the coins are sold pick out each coin themselves ? In most cases, no they do not. They utilize dealers to be their agents, to be their eyes, to be the ones who judge the coins, in hand, and decide which coins are nice and which ones are not.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you do not have to be a millionaire to do this. Even the guy buying coins that cost a few hundred dollars can do it. And granted, to a lesser extent, so can the guy buying coins that cost less than hundred dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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