Where Do You Buy Most Of Your Coins?

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Norcal Jim Valued Member United States 128 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 10:41 am Poll Question Where do you buy most of your coins? Poll Choices Coin Shops Coin Shows ebay Online Dealers Estate/Garage Sales Edited by Norcal Jim 10/31/2007 10:41 am Report this Post to the Staff

halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 10:44 am Good question. Because you asked where I buy 'most of' my coins, I answered ebay. That's true for quantity but for quality my answer is shops and shows equally. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 10:52 am Sadly, ebay. I have emptied out my dealer's hoard a long time ago. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 11:04 am I used to buy a lot off of ebay and visit local coin shops. Now here are my most often to least often ways of buying coins: coin shows - between MA, NH and CT there is one every weekend dealer friends which find coins for me auctions - CNG, Pegasi, Freeman & Sear, Stacks, Heritage, Kuenker, etc online dealers - solo web sites, ma-shops, delcampe, vcoins CCF member sales and auctions occasionally ebay rarely visit a coin shop never bought at estate/garage sales/flea markets Report this Post to the Staff
justjimrob Valued Member United States 330 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 11:21 am I buy from everywhere. I find that I buy mostly from online dealers because it is convenient. I do buy on ebay (not for some time though) and my local dealer gets a little of my business. Coin shows are few and far between and I usually take my want list and buy some wants and some impulse items. At the online dealers I buy from I can go in add coins of every type, albums, supplies, rolls, whatever and pay one low shipping charge and most importantly I know the seller. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
inacoffeebuzz Valued Member United States 204 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 11:39 am I buy like Jim, but a bit more from ebay than I would like. I feel it's more of a risk, but there are things there that you either can't get from regular online dealers or are too expensive via that channel. I like the local coin shows for traditional collectibles (like Morgans and Peace dollars) as it is much harder to judge what you are buying online than in hand. For the modern commemoratives (encapsulated proofs) it is more a question of finding a reasonable price - also at most coin shows dealers only have the traditional items (few world coins). Good question - ten years ago I would have answered coin shops, but there aren't many around where I live now. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 12:50 pm I buy mostly from e-bay also. I don't have a lot of time during the day to go coin shopping, so e-bay is convenient. Report this Post to the Staff
Fatcat161 Valued Member United States 277 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 1:48 pm For quantity, most of mine come from the bank. Report this Post to the Staff
Bonedigger Pillar of the Community United States 1267 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 1:56 pm I had to vote E-Bay 1st and online dealers next due to the geographic location where we reside. There are no shops w/i 50 miles (one small shop in town) and after that it's several hundred miles to the next nearest coin dealer. Take Care Ben Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 2:30 pm I have probably bought 90% of my coin on ebay the rest have been from online stores Report this Post to the Staff
shatsi Pillar of the Community United States 1541 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 3:10 pm I use ebay, online dealers, shows and forums. Report this Post to the Staff
acidic1 Pillar of the Community United States 632 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 3:56 pm I have the same problem as bonedigger. Small town with no coin shop and 120 miles to the nearest one. Thats the Dakotas!. OOps, forgot, e-bay. Edited by acidic1 10/31/2007 3:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Errorcoins Member United States 703 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 4:01 pm ebay all the way, the best selection and the best deals. errrrrrrrrror Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 4:06 pm I buy alot from ebay ,,but I also buy from other online sources, and perhaps my favorite source John Q public . Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
collect4fun Pillar of the Community United States 1151 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 4:28 pm Seems like ebay is the way of many including myself. No coin shops in my area, maybe one show a year that is an hours drive away. I get a fair amount from people here thru sales and trades. Report this Post to the Staff
lucifer Valued Member United States 189 Posts	Posted 10/31/2007 6:16 pm ebay FTW! Occasionally I will get a better deal at my local coin shop. Report this Post to the Staff
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