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Pillar of the Community
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G'day & welcome to CCF.
Peter in Darwin
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There are three "brick and mortar" coin dealers in Brisbane: Northside (Global Coins & Banknotes, Clayfield), Southside (vpcoins, Mt Gravatt) and City Centre (Colonial Coins & Medals). I visit all of them fairly regularly and buy from all of them. I also go to all the coin shows held in town.
Which dealers are "best" depends in part on what you're hoping to buy. Modern mint products? Predecimals? World, Ancient & Mediaeval? Mint errors? Or all of the above? I've found Colonial to have the most variety of stock for world, ancient & mediaeval, which is what I'm primarily looking for.
I also attend both of the coin clubs in town (I'm the Secretary of one of them, the QNS). Neither are significant sources of coin purchases themselves (both have fairly small "auctions" every few months) but they are both very good for gaining general numismatic knowledge and for chatting face-to-face with fellow collectors.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Quote:I live near Brisbane and would like to know where is the best place to buy coins or is it just ebay and the Perth Mint these days? I prefer the second two shops that Sap mentioned. There's also coin shows on regularly: some get advertised in the Weekend Shopper (if you buy the Courier Mail). |
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There's an ANDA coin show coming up in Brisbane...it would be a good idea for you to attend to get a feel of what's around and what to look for in a coin. First up nothing beats hands on and as you get better acquanted in your coin collecting pursuits then dive into ebay |
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Excellent guys, thanks for all the info.
At this stage I'm mostly interested in modern mint as well as a slight interest in predecimals.
Sap, thanks for the local dealers info, I'll be sure to check them out
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Australia
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great to have another Aussie!  |
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Rest in Peace
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, Silvers! |
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Australia
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What do you collect? ...or aim to collect? |
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Australia
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Hi Silvers,
Another dealer that is very good I find is Gold Coast Coins and Stamps down in Southport. I bit of a drive but worth it.
I have not been to the guy in Clayfield, will have to fix that, but the other two mentioned are great as well.
Cheers
Pete
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, Peter S Thomas! |
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Another dealer that is very good I find is Gold Coast Coins and Stamps down in Southport. I bit of a drive but worth it. ,Yeah,i found the Southport guy to be fair and honest,not many dealers with shopfronts left in Brisbane. Barry Cooper in Ballina is also very fair/honest but unfortunately he's about to retire.His last Auction will be in Ballina in May. |
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it really does depend on what you are interested in if you like NCLT then the best places to get them is the Perth Mint, ebay and the royal australian mint (although The Royal Mint tends to release coins that are focused towards those who collect decimal coins like mint rolls)otherwise the best place to get predecimal is at a brick and mortar shop:) also can I just ask out of curiosity what sort of pre decimal coins do you collect? |
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