Coin dealers can be considered as best friends of coin collectors. It is quite easy to find one. Although, with qualities like being ethical and honest playing an important role, it may take you quite some time to search for one. As a coin dealer, you would want to negotiate or entrust your coin collections to someone who is qualified to play the part. What are the characteristics that you would like your coin dealer to have? He should be:
knowledgeable and must have even the slightest idea on the details of his topic
respected by his friends and by other coin collectors as well
financially stable
demonstrates careful ethics
Now thats all said, there are still a couple of things that you need to assess in order to evaluate a particular coin dealer.
Experience
A coin dealer must have at least several years of experience in the coin dealing industry and have certain accreditations from people. His credentials must be impeccable especially if your purpose for coin collection is for investment. You have to remember that not every coin dealer is good at what they do. Some would just pretend to know everything but in the end,...