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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JGAIN, post: 408744, member: 15346&quot;]I guess I need to put in my two cents (an 1866, of course) in defense of my good friend, Paul, of Vest Pocket Coins ...........</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have known Paul and his family for a lot more years than I care to admit to. His daughter and &quot;my girl&quot; had played together when they were little and we have had some great &quot;numismatic times&quot; doing our &quot;vest pocket&quot; deals at shows. We have set up at many large and small coin shows in several states over the years. If there were an award for his beautiful &quot;coin display&quot; he&#039;d surely get First Place. His table is not one but up to six tables, each at a weekend cost of a many brick and mortar dealers &quot;shops&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Paul has some of the best coins one can find at any show - best in &quot;looks&quot;. He spends a great deal of time cataloguing and putting each of his thousands of coins in special display packages and much of his prices are more reasonable that others. Ya&#039;all need to find out when he will be at the next show and go to meet him - I know you will be impressed not only with his display and range of coin stock but with his better than average knowledge of numismatics.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I could post pictures (and someday I may learn how) I&#039;d post a picture of me and my tables, five display cases, special lighting, RESALE TAX CERTIFICATE, computer Internet hook up and my usual $250,000 in gold and silver coins. However, I have to admit that I am still one of those &quot;briefcase dealers&quot; that have walked through coin shows ON A BUYING SPREE to supply myself with coins for the next show - that&#039;s hard work also to spend all weekend visiting coin dealer friends (and new dealers) making deals &quot;with the graysheet in hand&quot; so I could supply my customers with reasonably priced coins at the next show I set up at.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My objection to the average <i>briefcase dealer</i> is that they ARE NOT DEALERS at all, but collectors looking for the same deals that we dealers give to one another. Most want low below bid prices when they buy and inflated high, near retail prices, for their coins when they offer them for sale. I usually and politely refuse their offerings and never deal with any of them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another note - at my peak I looked at 200 collections a year (several a week), purchasing most of them and have handled rarities such a two 1804 Flowing Hair Dollars, a couple of 1913 Liberty Nickels (the last of which Dwight Manley bought at auction a few years back) and a few other pedigree coins as many hundreds of others over my 45 years in the &quot;business&quot; which most were in the five to six figure range.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Today I am more &quot;retired&quot; and have liquidated most of my huge &quot;coin show&quot; stock but still have a few deep pocket clients that I supply and odd coin to from now and then - and, I do my &quot;briefcase&quot; dealings at shows with many dealer friends that have brick and mortar shops to supply those coins to my clients.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nuff said ......... let the games begin![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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