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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 8006211, member: 59737&quot;]Warning: bad experience this go. Please pile on with better experiences and purchases, or maybe gripes of your own!</p><p><br /></p><p>So I went to a coin show in Tacoma, WA today. Honestly, not a great show, and I didn’t make any purchases. My guess is those focused on US coins would’ve had better luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very few vendors, just about 10 or so. Only two really had much in the way of world coins, and none had what I was looking for (which is probably best for my budget). I saw a lot of slabbed US coins, mostly Morgans, Wheat Cents, and Buffalo Nickels. One gentlemen tried to have me look at two raw coins that were supposedly cracked out of slabs and “AU”. One had been wiped and one had a long scratch in it. When I mentioned both issues, the seller claimed they “must have been generous” on the coins. I’m willing to bet that seller tricked a lot of other people that he cracked them out of straight grade slabs because “that’s how most people want them.” My guess is they got details grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did get a look at a Lafayette Dollar, marked as AU, but had been polished. Those interest me, but are pricey!</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up leaving before my allotted time, simply because I ran out of booths to look at. My best experience was talking to a seller for about 15 minutes about coins. I guess I just miss sitting around and talking coins. Glad for the opportunity to do that here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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