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Message:: [QUOTE="cjh1985, post: 652948, member: 19846"]Brought one coin to my first coin show today. Not to sell, but to test the markets and see what's offered. The coin was a ICG graded MS-65 standing liberty quarter 1926. I'm a rookie but I'm pretty confident that the strike, luster, and preservation were in line with a 65 (what do I know?) but it was not a full head and the eye appeal/tone was is not terrific - just something about the coloring that was off. I asked 3 dealers if they would make me an offer, and each of them looked at me like I was a pitiful creature. They did make offers, it's not as though the coin was cleaned or a countefeit or anything like that - in fact one said it's a "nice" coin, but what they offered was 30% of the current redbook value - about $150. I paid $300 on ebay. No harm done, I am going to return it on Monday and get my money back (I hope) but the point, is all 3 also pointed out specifically to me that it was not a PCGS graded coin.Lesson learned!  PCGS it is for me, at least in my first few years of collecting.You can't learn that kind of a lesson from a book.Good times!No, I did not buy anything - left my money at home for the first one. I wouldn't know what to buy my first time out anyway <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]