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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 235608, member: 669"]In no particular order, I buy from <ul> <li>On-line auctions</li> <li>Members of this and other forums I belong to</li> <li>Dealers at shows</li> <li>Major auction houses (the Goldbergs, Heritage, etc.)</li> <li>Dealers visited when traveling (other cities, and other countries including Japan)</li> <li>Pawn shops, flea markets and antique stores</li> <li>Anywhere else I find something I want at a price I'm willing to pay.</li> </ul><p>In case you noticed, there is a very good reason that "local dealers" aren't on that list.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have two nearby dealers:<blockquote><p> At one I was told "We don't carry that junk" when I inquired about world coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>The only world coins the other one carries are in his 25¢ each and $1 each bowls. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Absence of the US Mint from the list is explained by my disinterest in US coinage, although now that I think about it, foreign mints (most recently Monnaie de Paris) should be on the list. :thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 235608, member: 669"]In no particular order, I buy from[list]On-line auctions[*]Members of this and other forums I belong to[*]Dealers at shows[*]Major auction houses (the Goldbergs, Heritage, etc.)[*]Dealers visited when traveling (other cities, and other countries including Japan)[*]Pawn shops, flea markets and antique stores[*]Anywhere else I find something I want at a price I'm willing to pay.[/list]In case you noticed, there is a very good reason that "local dealers" aren't on that list. I only have two nearby dealers:[indent] At one I was told "We don't carry that junk" when I inquired about world coins. :eek:[/indent][indent]The only world coins the other one carries are in his 25¢ each and $1 each bowls. :( [/indent] Absence of the US Mint from the list is explained by my disinterest in US coinage, although now that I think about it, foreign mints (most recently Monnaie de Paris) should be on the list. :thumb:[/QUOTE]
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