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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bkozak33, post: 1988451, member: 30309&quot;]I went to a local coin show this morning and here are some observations.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. It seems dealers have not checked the spot price of silver or gold lately.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. It seems about 60% of the dealers there are just fishing for suckers.&nbsp; (Very high prices on common stuff.)</p><p>3. It is funny that most dealers have slabbed coins in the MS62-MS64 range and all their raw coins are self graded at MS65 and MS66.&nbsp; </p><p>4.&nbsp; How many&nbsp; problem 19th Century type coins are raw, but dealers are asking full retail.</p><p>5. Dealers think that just because a coin has a CAC, its worth nearly double book.</p><p>6. 97% of the coin there, were there 6 months ago.</p><p>7. I asked a dealer for the price of a common German Mark, and after 2 minutes of him fumbling around looking through a Krause catatlog to quote me, I turned my back on him and walked away. </p><p>8.&nbsp; The guy selling numismatic books had nobody at his table</p><p>9.&nbsp; I did manage to find 4 dealers that had realistic prices and were willing to work with me.&nbsp; </p><p>10.&nbsp; I overheard a lot of dealers talking trash about each other. Even one guy calling the other a thief.</p><p>11.&nbsp; I also noticed months ago, that a dealer had some slabbed problem coins, that were now cracked out and in his display raw.</p><p>12.&nbsp; Half of these guys were also at the ANA last month[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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