Is a coin show a good place to buy rolls? Talking about Lincolns.

Swampboy

Do dealers bring OBWs to coin shows? I've only been to four shows and never really saw any out.

Julian

It is really only going to be dealers that drive.

With the costs involved, a dealer must bring the most valuable items that he can.

My suggestion is to ask all at the show and follow up via email or telephone. Your local dealer is probably the best one to see.

UtahCoin

Try the BST forum. What dates are you looking for?

Swampboy

<< <i>It is really only going to be dealers that drive.

With the costs involved, a dealer must bring the most valuable items that he can.

My suggestion is to ask all at the show and follow up via email or telephone. Your local dealer is probably the best one to see. >>



That sounds like good advice.

Thanks Julian.

GrumpyEd

Ask your local dealers.

Many times I've looked in shops and see no rolls then ask and they say "nothing good" so I ask to see anyway and they often pull out a box full of rolls that they will sell for a buck or a few bucks.

Bochiman

In this area? Not many. They are also very likely to break an OBW roll open if someone asks (I bought an OBW 1968-D kennedy roll for melt. The wrapping was about to fall off and the dealer offered to just finish removing it and transfer to another holder. I declined...then opened it myself at home

Same for a Roosevelt dime roll...dealer was opening it up to sell individuals.
I agree with the "ask at the show to see"

Coxe

Maybe at smaller local shows, the kind sponsored by coin clubs, not the monthly or so recurring ones. They get the older guys who aren't by any stretch, fulltime dealers to set up. It will vary quite a bit from show to show. But I have seen some of these sorts of things come up from guys who just personally accumulated them. You have to sometimes be there right when the doors open because the fresh meat is often picked over by the real dealers during set up.

At the big shows, something like that would represent too much to carry to be worth it.

Another thing is to try local B&M shops, the older and more successful ones particular. Say one is heavy in gold and gold is up bigtim that week. Getting a call from someone who'll take some old roll from the back of the safe might be a simple sale that the dealer would do for very little mark up. It is like the sales at the end of a show. You are outside the profit maximization wiindow.

Swampboy

Thanks all for the replies.

I will post on the BST next time I'm looking to buy some rolls.

A big thanks to Walkerguy21D. I got a pm from him and I was able to do a deal for some rolls he was sitting on.

Had a nice box of rolls show up today that will allow me to search some and save some.

I'm kind of laughing at myself for thinking dealers would be dragging such every, low dollar items to shows.