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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8263384, member: 110226&quot;]A good number of my purchases have been through eBay, with dealers I know and trust.&nbsp; Otherwise, my acquisitions are through auction, auction &quot;remainder&quot; sales, and a small number of individual dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Harlan Berk has been a source for me going back to the early 1980s.&nbsp; The coins are nice, but there is a premium generally speaking. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know this may not be a good fit for the ancients forum, but I must give a shout out for Karl Stephens, who specializes almost entirely on world coins, with a smattering of ancients.&nbsp; He is another mainstay of mine going back nearly four decades, although my purchases did drop off as I moved back into ancients.&nbsp; Anyone interested in world coins should check out his price lists.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the San Jose coin show I had a very pleasant visit with Glen Lindwall of Musa Numismatic Art.&nbsp; I did buy a follis from him at that show, the only coin so far.&nbsp; I was impressed by the coins he displayed, and the prices seemed quite reasonable.&nbsp; He also sells world coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>In an earlier thread I mentioned Falcone Coins, a brick and mortar shop in the Willow Glen section of San Jose, CA.&nbsp; Sal has been a dealer in a wide range of coins and currencies, from US, to world to ancients.&nbsp; I have known him since 1980, acquiring primarily both world and ancient coins.&nbsp; He has always had a good inventory of coins in the collectable range, in addition to some that rank in the premium category.&nbsp; He sells coins through his shop.&nbsp; His son, Vince does sell online, but mostly US coins and bullion coins through eBay.&nbsp; Sal is semi-retired now, but he does go to the shop, with his wife Barbara, especially towards the weekend.&nbsp; So if you are in the area, call in advance to see when he will be in.&nbsp; Sal, with his vast knowledge of world and ancient coinage is the go-to guy.&nbsp;&nbsp; The shop&#039;s phone number is 408-292-2221.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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