If you have such a trusted dealer, I bet he will not screw you over because having a valuable relationship with a returning customer is much more important than earning a few more bucks just once.

There are some ancient coins that I think look cool and would grab on a flea market for example if I saw one in between a bunch of other less interesting ones without knowing the value exactly. I wouldn't pay huge prices on such places because there is no time to really hunt for more information.

The online auction at least gives me room to check it indeed, and sometimes I see people getting lucky because another bidder was not there when the auction was closing, so sometimes it makes sense to start bidding anyway even if you know normally they will bid higher than you aim to do.

I hope my coins come this week otherwise it will be early next week I guess.

!PIMP