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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 342325, member: 11521&quot;]By all means take you Red Book to the coin show. But you might want to leave your money at home (this being your first coin show and you are a brand new collector). You might want to buy a couple of cheap items but I would recommend getting educated before buying higher-priced coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When you say &quot;trading&quot; do you mean trading one coin for another? I&#039;m sure some of that goes on at shows but most deals are sales (either you buying a coin from a dealer or selling a coin to a dealer). (And there are plenty of dealer-to-dealer sales, too.) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Prices will be all over the place. You need to know what a coin is worth to avoid paying too much. Part of knowing what a coin is worth is knowing how to grade its condition. That is part of your education. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can hoard pre-1982 cents all you want but at the moment (and for the foreseeable future) it is illegal to melt cents and nickels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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