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Valued Member
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Any recommendations for good coin stores in the greater Philadelphia area..
There are just a few up where I live (outside of Doylestown, PA), and they are pretty small and limited..and expensive from what I can gather.. and I would imagine the overhead of having a store up in this area is pretty high, so I am sure they must "mark-up" accordingly.
But maybe there is a good store somewhere in the greater philly area worth visiting that doesn't have crazy prices.. Don't mind driving a bit for a good store with trust-worthy staff, a great selection and reasonable prices...
Thanks.
Michael
PS: Not sure if I am posting this to the correct forum or not - feel free to move it to appropriate forum if not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is a coin show in West Chester this Sunday, March 5. Just Google it for details.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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How about the Philadelphia mint ?  |
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That is definitely one BIG store !!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like Wayne Coins and Currency in Wayne PA, pretty good size store. good selection. honest owner. fair deals. less than an hour drive from Doylestown on the turnpike to the blue route.
Also. there is the Trisate coin show every month, near Sesame Place on the Fourth sunday of the month.
I'll be at the West Chester show this Sunday. I think I heard 50 tables of dealers.
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03/01/2017 10:07 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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How about the Philadelphia mint ? You would think . . but the truth is the gift shop has a few display cases with complete quarter sets ie.. the state series and ATB series to date available for purchase. Another case with tokens, presidential and various commemorative. But the majority of the items for sale are trinkets and souvenirs. Geared mainly for the general public, not so much for the numismatic customer. Now if they really wanted to serve the collector community there would be bins of error coins where you could look through and cherry pick!  |
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Now if they really wanted to serve the collector community there would be bins of error coins where you could look through and cherry pick!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you don't mind a drive, I can recommend many in the Illinois area.
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Thanks all.. I may make a trip to the Wayne store.. Illinios is a bit far.. I have also found that the "Tri-State Coin Show" has monthly shows in Langhorne, which is not too far from where I live..
Michael
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Pillar of the Community
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I think I will also go to the west Chester show on Sunday.
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I like Wayne Coins and Currency in Wayne PA  I've recently had a very good experience there too. Also, I guess we should have started a car pool to the West Chester Coin Show too! I just got back! Good crowd & nice time. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I also went. Spent my allotment in half an hour. Lots of beautiful coins there.
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United States
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Hey all..
Just wanted to let you know that I finally made a stop off at Wayne Coin Shop and was not disappointed.
Very nice selection, even of some of the more "modern" issues that I collect (Roosevelts, Jeffersons) and owner was very nice and helpful.
Prices seemed to be very competitive...
Used up all my money there.. was going to try to make it to the Trevose Coin show this weekend, but now can't go because Wayne coin shop emptied my "coin allowance"..
Will definitely try to put that into my "rotation" of shops I try to stop by... definitely worth the trip...
Regards,
Michael
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I'll be darned. I'm in the area fairly often to go to Microcenter, and never knew they were there.
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They are right in downtown Wayne.. maybe about 5 minutes from the Blue Route (476)...
Michael
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Pillar of the Community
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Michael. Were you there Saturday? I was briefly there around 2.
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09/17/2017 12:24 am
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