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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gocamels, post: 415541, member: 14934&quot;]That all depends on several factors.&nbsp; If your local dealer has coins you like at a price that is agreeable, then buy them.&nbsp; Of course, you&#039;re going to be more likely to find what you&#039;re looking for at a show, unless your local dealer happens to specialize in whatever series you&#039;re interested in.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it happens to be Morgans, then most dealers will have a decent stock, as that&#039;s about the most popular series to collect (not counting state quarters).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The chances of getting a better deal certainly go up at a show, where there is going to be more competition to get your cash, but it isn&#039;t unheard of to get good deals from your local dealer, especially if you&#039;ve built a relationship with him as a regular customer.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as eBay goes, I don&#039;t recommend buying anything from eBay that you aren&#039;t totally comfortable in your ability to grade and authenticate.&nbsp; If you&#039;re experienced with Morgans, you can most likely find some good deals on eBay.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you aren&#039;t very familiar with the items you bid on, you&#039;re as likely as not going to either:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Overpay</p><p>2. buy a counterfeit</p><p>3. buy a mis-attributed coin</p><p>4. all of the above</p><p><br /></p><p>Even experienced buyers sometimes get cheated there, so before you bid on anything from eBay, do your homework, not only on the coin, but on the seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other places to look include the regular auction houses.&nbsp; Heritage, Teletrade, Stacks, etc.&nbsp; I have bought some coins from these places for over 1/2 off the current Coin World Trends, etc.&nbsp; If you are diligent looking through these auctions, you can find deals, and your chances for getting taken to the cleaners by a dishonest deal diminish to near zero.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, before I get flamed, I didn&#039;t say a bad deal, I said a dishonest deal.&nbsp; People overpay for items in auctions every day.&nbsp; But the reputable auctions houses do their best to authenticate the items they sell, so the chance of being deliberately cheated plummet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my 2 large cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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