Cash on the barrelhead ...

291fifth

... is the way to do business in today's coin market.

Now if I can only find a barrel!

BillJones

There can be a lot of cash floating around at the shows. Some guys think it's the best way to do business because a few dealers don't like checks. It's also part of the underground economy. The trouble is for the good stuff, you have to carry way too much cash around these days. Back in the '70s, a thousand bucks meant something. Today not so much.

JJM

MrEureka

There can be a lot of cash floating around at the shows.

I'd bet that more than 98% of the business done at big shows is done by check or trade. Cash is very scarce these days.

adamlaneus

At the Fremont show, it was nice to see someone doing the little thing with the hundred dollar bills...

...sort of fun to watch...

Counting them out into a small set of piles. A few thousand in that deal, I believe.

telephoto1

I remember how guys quite often would put a wad of 100s in their case at a show, along with a sign that said "buying coins for cash" or something similar. You don't see as much of that now, but frankly you'd be surprised how much cash still changes hands even today.