Uncle Charlie Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Check it out. I'm just curious to see peoples answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinjoe2006 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I chose yes... I dont really have a "coin shop" in town. But ther is a store downtown that an older couple own, and the man sells coins out of the store...though his prices are little on the higher end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 When at college (most of the year) there isn't a good coin dealer nearby. There are some big ones in downtown Chicago (the dealers are occasional members of this forum, I think) but I don't have time to go. But I've got a dealer back home who is all right. But I'm never home enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Got a bunch of choices around. Just have not hit them all. One I like because the price is "flexible" another the range of coins, and the last a new one I dropped by the owner and folks in the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 A couple but they dont sell much of what I collect, they sell mostly american coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Charlie Posted April 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Intersting, I personally have a coin dealer in my local town. He's okay, sells american, and mexican coins, and a handful of world coins. Although I know this other guy with a bigger store out of town. What I like is that he's prices are flexible. Keep it up, I still haven't seen a geezer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abish Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Yes, but I have not been in a few years. Last time I was there, the prices were pretty insane. Might have to go back by, just out of curiousity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satootoko Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 You need another option: "Yes, but they don't handle world coins." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Closets is about 5 miles away. I think there are 6 with-in a 20 miles radius of home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinzip Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 If 20 miles is local then yes I have a local coin store. There is no better place to buy supplies, if you talk to the owner and leet them know you can get the same supply online for $xx, and ask them to match the price, I bet they will if they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 My nearest one is a good 50+ miles away... So I have to resort to eBay, online shops, metal detectorists, fairs and people emailing me. I find shops are too expensive for what I want anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I got lucky moving out here to find one on main street. It's very small but the guy who owns it is really nice and doesn't talk down to me (I get funny looks every time I enter a shop). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbeast1098 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I got lucky moving out here to find one on main street. It's very small but the guy who owns it is really nice and doesn't talk down to me (I get funny looks every time I enter a shop). Maybe they are astonished by your good looks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbeast1098 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I do have some coin shops in the Atlanta Metro area..... Most of them are about 15 to 20 miles away. Havent been to any of them yet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuldFartte Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 There are three coin shops in town that I am aware of, and another one or two in nearby areas that I haven't visited. The major dealer in town is located a few miles from my home, and he has the best selection/inventory, so when I buy from a coin shop, I buy from him. His inventory far exceeds the other two local shops combined, and, in addition, probably that of the other one or two nearby. He's extremely knowledgeable and sells for fair prices. (Wow. That was my twenty-two-hundred-and-twenty-twooth post !!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I've bought coins from a coin shop only in Germany. In Romania prices are... hm, for tourists.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpnyc Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Does Stacks count as a local coin shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 lately i have been practically been living in a coin shop hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Does Stacks count as a local coin shop? Show off. So that's where you get your beautiful coins. Not the bargain bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 lately i have been practically been living in a coin shop hahahah Also a show off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 One of the nearest coin shops to me would probably be Spink but I hardly ever buy from them as they are usually top-notch prices, their auctions are much more attractive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 No old Geezers at CP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henare Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 No old Geezers at CP? they just won't own up to it in a survey i'm only aware of one dealer in sf ... a few miles from where i live. i visited once and got the impression that i wasn't welcome from the person staffing the shop, and i never went back. google seems to turn up quite a few more. too bad i didn't do this on wednesday--i had thursday and friday off and could have explored some of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numismatic nut Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 It's kind of a coin shop. It is a antique shop where different dealers rent space. One sells coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Maybe they are astonished by your good looks... No, it's because I look like a poor little lost 15-year-old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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