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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 652524, member: 13650&quot;]Get some good sleep because it will likely be overwhelming.&nbsp; You almost can&#039;t go without a plan or something you&#039;re specifically looking for.&nbsp;&nbsp; If it&#039;s anything like the ones I&#039;ve been to lately, it&#039;ll be shoulder to shoulder, you can&#039;t hardly move or get a spot at a table to actually look at anything unless you wait.</p><p>&nbsp; For safety, most dealers have their higher dollar coins in cases that they can open from their side.&nbsp; If you want to look at something, they will take it out for you.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some will have several enormous albums you can flip through and you can pull anything out and look at it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Some cases are absolutely loaded with stacks of slabs.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how the dealers even know what&#039;s in them.&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>You&#039;re going to see thousands of coins.</b>&nbsp; Some will catch your eye more than others.&nbsp; But it&#039;s a great place to see just about anything in person.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some dealers bring an unbelievable amount of inventory.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Sometimes they are willing to negotiate a price, and sometimes not.&nbsp;&nbsp; Check online sales to get a feel for what particular items are going for before you go there so you have an idea of price ranges.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve gotten the best deals at shows.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some stuff I didn&#039;t even go there for but purchased because it was such a good deal.&nbsp; And no shipping.&nbsp; No tax.&nbsp;&nbsp; Take that into consideration as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Cointalk has helped me identify problem coins at shows that I formerly wouldn&#039;t have noticed.&nbsp;&nbsp; You have to want to look for problems and know what you might come across.&nbsp;&nbsp; Such as a dipped 2 cent piece that has been re-colored brown.&nbsp; I ran across one of them at the last show.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most people would never notice.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;Just take your time and look.&nbsp; Try not to get overly anxious or excited.&nbsp; Sometimes not easy to do when you&#039;ve got people trying to push you out of the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Wish I was going too![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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