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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1084828, member: 112&quot;]Nor should you have any idea what they are worth, for several reasons.&nbsp; 1 - you have no idea how to grade the coins yourself. 2 - you have no idea if the dealer who sold the coins graded them correctly. 3 - 24 years (in 1986) ago the grading standards changed dramatically. Coins that dealers previously graded as 65 became 63s overnight. So even if your flip says 65, the coin is probably only a 63. 4 - prices in the Red Book are pretty much worthless.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes there is, it just doesn&#039;t say 1987-P. It just says 1987. Coins listed without a mint mark are all from the P mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The mint mark is above the date, not under it. What you see under the date are the designer&#039;s initials.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That indicates the number of Proofs made.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As I said, Red Book values are largely worthless. Often the prices they list are way too high and sometimes they are way too low. So there is no way to give you any guide that will mean anything because you don&#039;t know anything about coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why I suggested that you need a trustworthy dealer. There really is no way for us to help you with you not knowing anything. In my opinion your only real option is to trust somebody else. A reputable dealer won&#039;t cheat you, they won&#039;t give you lowball offers. They will give you fair offers for your coins. And that&#039;s about the best you can hope for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you want to go to one of the Longbeach shows, go see the Goldbergs, Ira and Larry. They will give you fair offers and they will be at every Longbeach show there is. Now I may be able to give you several recommendations on who to see, but I need to know which show you will be attending so I can ask some of the smaller dealers that I would trust if they will be there or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the notion of shopping around, that&#039;s not really a good idea at a coin show. The reason it&#039;s not is because at a coin show the dealers are going to see you going table to table and they know what you are doing. And word will get around fast. After that most won&#039;t even talk to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, at a coin show most of the sales that are made are made between dealers. So say you go talk to dealer A. Then you go talk to dealer B. Dealer A sees you talk to dealer B and dealer B is one of his best customers, so dealer A won&#039;t even buy your coins anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s OK to talk to one or two dealers, but beyond that forget it. Or you will most definitely end up getting the short end of the stick. </p><p><br /></p><p>When you go to a coin show to sell, you need to have in mind who you are going to sell to, narrowed down to 1 or 2, before you even get there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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