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New Member
United States
27 Posts |
I'm looking for a newnplace to find coins other then where I get them now. Where do you usually go for your coins? I would rather treasure hunt then buy off eBay/amazon.
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Valued Member
United States
442 Posts |
Coin shops, antique shops, flea markets, garage sales, estate sales, Craigslist, thrift shops, and sometimes places you would never even think
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Valued Member
United States
74 Posts |
coinstar machines, grocery stores, gas stations, and the bank.  TBH I've not found anything at coinstars yet |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1721 Posts |
Old coins come from old people . I've heard of people using Craigslist. Estate sales. Consignment shops (I've Made some good hits there), some pawnshops, antique malls and some yard sales or flea markets. Run an ad in a local newspaper or church bulletin. Then there's coin roll hunting. And let's not forget the rejection slot at Coinstar. |
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
99% of my coins come from ebay. It's the best treasure hunt on earth. |
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
I also buy the vast majority of my coins from ebay or coin shows. Hardly ever B&M coin shops. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
United States
168 Posts |
As a full-time dealer, I do most of my buying and selling at shows with other dealers. Those coins that come back with me for my site are either purchased from other dealers or are obtained from a group of clients who either consign the pieces or sell them outright.
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Valued Member
United States
144 Posts |
Family, friends, co-workers, local coin shop, Craigslist and ebay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1704 Posts |
The majority of my coin purchases are from personal web sites of dealers I know and trust and Collectors Corner. Other sources frequently used are local coin shops and coin shows. ebay is the last place I would consider buying coins. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1195 Posts |
For all of my collection:
My LCS for much of my silver
pocket change/banks for my circulating sets plus a few foreign
Fellow members here, since getting 50 posts, have dealed with me for silver and other coins
Bought three at the local flea market
Gifted foregn stuff from many people I have met
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Valued Member
United States
455 Posts |
What do you search for on ebay for these type of coins? Thanks. Dave Edited by Kurrykid
01/31/2013 01:13 am
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Valued Member
Canada
271 Posts |
Go to the bank and get some rolls. That's a real treasure hunt. :)
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Most of my coins in the $100 to $1000 range have come from public auction. 2 or 3 coins per year have been obtained in this way over a period of about 40 years. Most of these are 400+ years old, and ranging in age back to the invention of coinage.
My collection grows at a rate of about 10 to 50 additions to it per year. Almost all of the lesser valued coins have been obtained from all of the sources mentioned in posts previous to this one.
More than 75% of my collection has coins that would have an individual value of less than $5.
Edited by sel_69l
01/31/2013 4:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I buy my coins from: ebay, my coin dealer(in a flea market), and sometimes coin magazines. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1261 Posts |
I'm a type collector and I try to go for the semi-key date pieces within each series rather than the more common dates. For example, I just purchased a nice 1862-S Seated quarter for my collection. I went with a less common Civil War issue rather than the more common one like 1857. Anyway, since I'm looking for specific dates, I purchased quite a few through Heritage Auctions and some web based sellers I trust like JJ Teaparty. My LCS doesn't have the selection of these nice, no problem semi-key dates that I am looking for. Once in a while they do but not too often. Quite a few purchased at shows too. Edited by chesterb
01/31/2013 10:50 am
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New Member
 United States
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I do get my coin rolls from the bank, but trying to get the old coins (like the morgans and anything pre-1920) is nearly impossible. Have any of you tried a metal detector?
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Posted 01/30/2013 9:22 pm
