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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 342509, member: 4552&quot;]Don&#039;t bother to bring a Red Book. You&#039;ll look like a newbe for sure. No one carries a Red Book at any coin shows I&#039;ve ever been to. Great book for information but prices are way off the wall. Do not bring a check book or credit cards to a coin show unless you really know what you are doing. I go to about 2 to 4 coin shows a Month. Here are my suggestions:</p><p>1. Make a list of some coins you are interested in with the approximate grade. Make a column for prices in the Red Book, prices you&#039;ve seen on ebay, prices from the PCGS forum price guide and possibly any dealer web sites. This will give you an idea of POSSIBLE prices. </p><p>2. Do not use credit cards or a check. Several reasons. One is you don&#039;t know who is looking over your shoulder at what information you have on those items. Checks usually have addresses, phone numbers, etc. Credit cards have numbers that can be written down or photographed via a camera phone. </p><p>3. Since you don&#039;t know the dealers personally any personal information you give them may not be advantageous to your health, safety of your home, etc. </p><p>4. Don&#039;t attempt to walk around with any kind of price guide books. Dealers charge what they want. This is based on several things and one is your appearance, RECENT prices of those coins, if they had an argument before they left home, the weather, etc.</p><p>5. If crowded make sure you keep you money in your front pocket and hopefully note easily removed. </p><p>6. NEVER, EVER pay what may be posted for the coin. Always ask if this is your best price. If no hagling, don&#039;t buy it. Eventually you&#039;ll find a better deal. Almost all dealers put higher prices on coins than they expect to actually get. Sort of like a house price. They ask this and you bid that. </p><p>7. Always watch if anyone appears to be following you when you leave that show. If you suspect someone is, go back into the show. Do this several times to drive any would be followers nuts. </p><p>8. Move to Illinois. We have coin shows almost every weekend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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