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Hey guys,
I'm thinking of making a day trip downtown today to stop by a few coin shops. I was wondering if anybody could recommend a few? I'm thinking I may stop in at ICCS as well, just to see what it looks like.
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Further up north on Young street in Richmond Hill is Canadian Coin, probably the biggest dealer and worth a visit, nice store all kinds of stuff from 10 bucks to the other extreme. Make sure you phone ahead with ICCS so they are in today.
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01/06/2016 10:12 am
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Thanks for the advice John. perhaps instead of going downtown, I will make my way to Canadian Coin and then come south to ICCS after. I'm looking at the Canadian Coin and Currency website and they have a lot of interesting stuff.
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I don't want to spoil your first visit to ICCS, but make sure to phone first, you will understand latter, Canadian Coin for sure is worth the visit about 3 blocks north of MAJOR MAC, Oh yes in the same plaza the storage war boys has their store and the massive wall that CCC has built to shield them out, kind of one extreme operations between the two.
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01/06/2016 10:28 am
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ICCS is not worth a visit. Its just an office. They will not show you any coins. You can pick up a population report while you are there if you care.
Metro Coin on Annette is a bit out of the core. A small shop but run by a good fellow. You can also consign items to the Coinexpo auction through him.
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Just called ICCS, the gentleman was quite pleasant but they are only open until 1pm, Monday-Friday and said if I needed coins done on the spot I would have to make it by noon. Might have to stop by another day.
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Screw it I'm going to try to make it there by noon. I brought two coins with me that I'm not completely sure of. I will post the results later. That is, if I make it in time.
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well I made it to ICCS in time, spoke to Brian who I thought was courteous. Brought him two coins, not my most valuable raw coins but two coins that I was never really sure about. One of them is my avatar, which until this day, I wasn't sure if it was a small 5/5 or not. I have a thread about it here: https://goccf.com/t/230013it took him about twe seconds to decide it was not a small 5/5. That's fine though, still a beautiful coin and a great example of a small 5. the next coin I had lower expectations for but had a bet with the owner of my LCS as to what ICCS would say. You can see a thread about it here: https://goccf.com/t/233839this coin took him less than a second and he explained that it was whizzed. That was not a surprise to me at all. Explained to him that I have many more, and nicer (lol) coins that I will take in the future. He gladly gave me a printout of the 5 cent silvers population report and I was on my way. Spent some money at Canadian Coin and Currency as a consolation..... |
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Glad to hear you had a pleasant experience. It's too bad about the results but at least you were prepared for the worst. I've been fooled by a whizzed coin before, I even posted it here on CCF and a few other regulars were fooled too, hopefully your ongoing bet with the LCS will end in your favor, good luck!
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Great people and great selection at Canadian Coin and Currency in Richmond Hill.
How was the pricing though?
Last time I was there it was generally 90% of trends plus tax.
At those sky high prices, I did not buy a thing.
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Glad to hear you had a pleasant experience. It's too bad about the results but at least you were prepared for the worst. About ICCS: Wasn't a bad experience at all. He gave me a quick explanation for each coin and saved me a few bucks in the process. If I had never read about ICCS on this forum, I might have been surprised at the office.....It is hard to imagine they are the premier coin grading company in Canada by the look of their outfit but I guess you can't judge a coin by it's holder  . Their grading is top notch. Edited by AgHoarder
01/06/2016 4:59 pm
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At Canadian Coin if you are purchasing a fairly decent amount they will haggles a bit, and what did you think of the wall. Hard to believe ICCS handles 300,000.00 coins in their facility but they are very nice and knowledgeable.
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01/06/2016 5:22 pm
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Great people and great selection at Canadian Coin and Currency in Richmond Hill.
How was the pricing though?
Last time I was there it was generally 90% of trends plus tax The person I dealt with was quite knowledgeable. The store is very impressive, I'm sure I saw a million dollars in slabbed coins and bills today. The floor has a glass section with an amazing sculpture made of red cents, shaped as a maple leaf. It was really cool. They have revolving counters with each denomination and dates in order. Their prices are through the roof for the slabbed stuff. Sometimes over trends. They have computers in the store so you can browse their website. I chose 3 coins on there and they went to the "back" to get what I wanted to see plus they showed me many more examples in and around the grade I wanted for each coin. I was hoping to fill 3 holes in my set including the 1911 I brought to ICCS, a 1907 ND and an 1887 5 cent piece. I settled on two of the coins, probably overpaid a little but they have exactly what you're looking for so I didn't mind paying a bit. I was also a bit disappointed in the verdict on my two ICCS coins so I wanted to treat myself. I will show the coins later tonight, the 1907 is slabbed ICCS AU55 and the 1911 is raw but MS, I paid MS60 price for it, I'm hoping it's a 62+. Overall good experience but like you mentioned, very pricey. Edited by AgHoarder
01/06/2016 8:11 pm
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and what did you think of the wall. I noticed a wall but wasn't sure of the significance and didn't bother to ask either. What's the story there? |
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After Canadian Coin relocated to this former bank location the Storage war boys rented a store front in the adjoining plaza. A few months latter a wall was constructed, then a few months ago the wall was heightened just a tid bit of info but this wall must cost a small fortune. Next time ask for discount they do offer some.
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01/06/2016 8:19 pm
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Sounds like a fun journey. Makes me want to do the same when I'm in the area.
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