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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 10959408, member: 101855"]What did you want to find? Perhaps I could give you some guidance as to which dealers might have it. I have been going to big shows since the 1970s. The key is to go in with a want list. It also helps, after you have been going to the shows for while, to know which dealers might have what you want. You can also pare down the list because there are some dealers I don't like. That’s not to say that those guys don’t get something now and then. One of my favorite coins came from one of those “don’t bother” dealers. It was expensive, but as soon as I saw it, I knew it was “keeper.” The Winter FUN show will probably be twice as big as Baltimore. The Winter FUN and large ANA shows are biggest. There will be something over 600 dealers. The funny part is, I never get tired of walking at the coin shows. One thing I have done is use the "Collectors' Corner" site that PCGS maintains. You search an item, and see of the dealer who has it is there. If so, you check it out. Sometimes it's already been sold, but I have found some pieces using that method.[/QUOTE]