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Who Are Your Favorite Old-School Mail Order Coin Dealers?

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 Posted 07/18/2026  11:41 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add aquilacavallo to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I should preface this by explaining what kind of collector I am. I started collecting world coins as a kid in the early 1990s and, living in a rural area far from any coin shops, soon discovered the joy of mail-order coin acquisition. I continue to collect minor world coins by country/place and historical period/ruler, without being much of a grade snob as my budget remains small. I'm fascinated by history, especially by interesting world events or places where different cultures interacted. For example, I recently acquired a $15 well-worn medieval coin from Caffa, a Genoese colony on the Black Sea coast. That's the kind of numismatic thing I get excited about.

So, that being said, I still like the old-school coin dealers who just have a no-frills website or maybe even just a list. It's an approach that keeps things simple and it's friendly to the small-budget collector. Does anyone else share this affinity and have any recommendations? Here are some of my favorite coin sources. I ordered coins from most of them in the 1990s and continue to buy from them today as they are still active.

Frank Robinson (fsrcoin.com)
Bob Reis (anythinganywhere.com)
Scott Semans (coincoin.com)
Joel's Coins (joelscoins.com)
Henry Heller - no website, just a list
Lauren and Richard Benson - just a list, and just by mail, not even e-mail - now that's old school!

I know coin collecting has changed a lot since the 1990s. I think these folks listed above are all Boomers, and I'm a Millennial, but I still like the old-school approach, although I also find plenty of coins on ebay. But anyway, does anyone have an entry to add to this list?

Also, I know this has been discussed in some previous posts, but it's been a few years and I thought it merited revisiting in a fresh topic.
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I'd add Karl Stephens to this list.
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For about 20 years I collected ancient coins then switched to buying modern coins/bullion. I still have my ancient coins at the bank box. In the 1980s - 1990s I bought ancient coins and some ancient artifacts from bid or buy printed mailed lists:

Colosseum Coin Exchange
Henry Lindgren
David Hendin
Frank Kovacs
Alex G Malloy
CNG Coins
David Sear
Lodge Antiquities
Bart Lewis,
and others

Some are still in business online. I had three totes of printed lists and auctions. After I stopped buying ancient coins I contacted several dealers on Vcoins including the book dealers. I asked if they'd be intersted in buying them. They said the shipping costs would not be worth buying them and many past auctions are now online. I kept the ones I bought coins from and the hard bound ones that can be used as coffee table books, the rest I threw away.
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