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<p>[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 2421272, member: 73165"]Is this really true? I'd love to see some kind of master list. I mean, I know about Vcoins, Forvm, CNG, and a few other venues, but I'm not very well plugged into ancients yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to US coins, I would guess almost everybody above the "mom and pop" level has a site of some sort. Most of them are pretty terrible, though. Some of them (*cough* Jack Beymer *cough*) are infuriatingly basic. Some would be good if they weren't so darn slow (David Lawrence Rare Coins comes to mind). Many have extremely limited inventory online compared to their in-store selections. I would say most have pretty terrible pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a handful of dealer web sites that I check for US stuff beyond eBay/GC/Heritage, and almost all of them suffer from one of these flaws.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm really looking forward to [USER=20480]@ToughCOINS[/USER]'s answer. I've bought from Mike before and I find his site to be excellent. His images greatly exceed the median eBay listing, and he has a good variety of stuff within his niche. His site is well organized and fast. My only real complaint is that I wish he had more coins and that I had more money so I could buy them from him. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 2421272, member: 73165"]Is this really true? I'd love to see some kind of master list. I mean, I know about Vcoins, Forvm, CNG, and a few other venues, but I'm not very well plugged into ancients yet. When it comes to US coins, I would guess almost everybody above the "mom and pop" level has a site of some sort. Most of them are pretty terrible, though. Some of them (*cough* Jack Beymer *cough*) are infuriatingly basic. Some would be good if they weren't so darn slow (David Lawrence Rare Coins comes to mind). Many have extremely limited inventory online compared to their in-store selections. I would say most have pretty terrible pictures. I have a handful of dealer web sites that I check for US stuff beyond eBay/GC/Heritage, and almost all of them suffer from one of these flaws. I'm really looking forward to [USER=20480]@ToughCOINS[/USER]'s answer. I've bought from Mike before and I find his site to be excellent. His images greatly exceed the median eBay listing, and he has a good variety of stuff within his niche. His site is well organized and fast. My only real complaint is that I wish he had more coins and that I had more money so I could buy them from him. :)[/QUOTE]
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