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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3025698, member: 39084&quot;]There is no conflict between using the services of an ancient coin dealer and pursuing the coins you want.&nbsp; The dealer&#039;s role is to provide service to you.&nbsp; You determine what, and how much, service you want.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I&#039;ve engaged a dealer since the very beginning of of my ancient-coin-collecting adventures, and this hasn&#039;t impacted my personal approach to finding coins by searching auctions and dealers&#039; inventories.&nbsp; Once in a while, I find a coin that my dealer hasn&#039;t found, and get his advice on the coin&#039;s condition, price, etc., in order to make a purchase decision.&nbsp; More frequently, he finds coins for me that I wouldn&#039;t have found (from private individuals and his inventory).&nbsp; Most frequently, we work together on upcoming auctions to determine which coins to pursue, and how much to budget for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still thoroughly enjoy searching auctions and dealers&#039; sites for new coins that are appropriate for my collection, and would never give this up.&nbsp; As you&#039;ve noted, for most collectors, being personally involved in the pursuit of a new coin only enhances the satisfaction of adding it to one&#039;s collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Changing topics: The information contained in this thread represents the broadest range of good advice you&#039;ll find anywhere.&nbsp; The only advice I would add is: Buy coins whose history and appearance appeal to you, coins that you&#039;d like to look at over and over no matter how long you own them.&nbsp; If the coin&#039;s appeal is just marginal to you, for whatever reason (condition, appearance, centering, etc.) move on and be patient -- most likely, you&#039;ll eventually find another example that you really like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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