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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ubermint, post: 534456, member: 16665&quot;]If a dealer has a store for instance and it is just loaded with glass cases of this, that and the other, how do they know if something in there may or may not be a cherry picker item? I mean there are so many things that could be rare or errored etc. etc. I am basing these questions off of a local dealer that I have found, (nice guy, been in the biz for 30+ years) and also from all of the posts that I have read here about die cracks, errors, full steps and <b>ALL </b>these other things that could potentially bring more money for the coin or take away from the value of a coin, such as fake toning, &quot;doctoring&quot; coins etc. It just blows my mind. Even paper money. Granted I would say a majority of the store has things in slabs that have been graded, but there are drawers and file cabinets and trays etc. with all kinds of other items in the mylar coated 2x2&#039;s. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Let&#039;s say someone comes into a dealers shop with alot of coins from any number of different circumstances. Death in the family, just wants out of collecting or maybe even stolen. How does that dealer make a judgement on what he will pay for those items? I guess what I really want to know is how would he memorize all of the possibilities that that particular coin or paper could have. Granted I am totally new and this person has been doing it for years just like alot of you have. It&#039;s just more than I can get my mind around.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Which then brings me to the question about the tubs of coins on the counter that he has with ancients, world coins and tokens. Is there a chance that someone could score something good out of those tubs seeing how most of this store consists of U.S. Coin and Currency?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Has anyone ever beat a dealer at their own game by finding something in the local coin store or even at a show that ended up being something really rare?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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