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<p>[QUOTE="Dollar1948, post: 535163, member: 17239"]My suggestion? </p><p>1. Bring your bank card. Believe me, you will kick yourself if you find a coin you were not initially in the market for during your window shopping exercise, but stumbled across the deal of the century. If you decide to come back the next day and get it, you chance more parking fee's another admission price, gas, and thats with no gurantee it will be there when you get back. Is it now worth it?</p><p>2. Bring a loupe as well. You may not use it, but its nice to have instead of asking they guy to borrow one. I can't tell spotting from corrosion easily, especially when the lighting is inadequate. I love those small colaspable ones that tuck into the corner of your jeans pocket. </p><p>3. Small note pad, writing implement, for phone numbers, addresses or websites of dealers, they may not have any business cards left.</p><p>4. Coffee/beer money, its nice to take a break and go over your loot, before going back in.</p><p>5. Your spreadsheet of all the coins you are after for your collection, so you can tick them off as you acquire them, that also has the trend value listed.</p><p>6. I was at one 2 weeks ago, and I kick myself for not bring something to put them in. One dealer gave me a flimsey plastic bag that I didn't feel comfortable with. It was like something from the dollar store.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dollar1948, post: 535163, member: 17239"]My suggestion? 1. Bring your bank card. Believe me, you will kick yourself if you find a coin you were not initially in the market for during your window shopping exercise, but stumbled across the deal of the century. If you decide to come back the next day and get it, you chance more parking fee's another admission price, gas, and thats with no gurantee it will be there when you get back. Is it now worth it? 2. Bring a loupe as well. You may not use it, but its nice to have instead of asking they guy to borrow one. I can't tell spotting from corrosion easily, especially when the lighting is inadequate. I love those small colaspable ones that tuck into the corner of your jeans pocket. 3. Small note pad, writing implement, for phone numbers, addresses or websites of dealers, they may not have any business cards left. 4. Coffee/beer money, its nice to take a break and go over your loot, before going back in. 5. Your spreadsheet of all the coins you are after for your collection, so you can tick them off as you acquire them, that also has the trend value listed. 6. I was at one 2 weeks ago, and I kick myself for not bring something to put them in. One dealer gave me a flimsey plastic bag that I didn't feel comfortable with. It was like something from the dollar store.[/QUOTE]
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