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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 24620846, member: 101855"]I learned quite early that you could not judge a book by its cover when you are a dealer. That goes for collectors judging dealers as well. I remember a show I attended in Lakeland, Florida. I had an early U.S. silver dollar that sold for about $2,500 at the time. This guy, dressed in jeans and a farm shirt asked me "how much?" I quoted him a price. He reached in his pocket and started counting out $100 bills. I had another customer, who was not well spoken and had rough hands from hard work. As it turned out, he was a building contractor. He spent $10s of thousands with me. As for dealers, some of the guys in coats and ties are the people who have watch out for. I also used to be wary of dealers with the word "investment" in their name. Sometimes their "investments" were traps.[/QUOTE]