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Valued Member
China
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Maybe I just can't properly describe it cause I couldn't find any pics on website. But I know you can understand what I mean. I've heard many things of old coin advertisement on newspapers during 1950s to 1990s(maybe dealers would like to post their news on website rather than on newspapers since 21 centetry). But I just can't find one. I'd be appreciated if you can post some.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Back in the days when everyone read a news paper I was reading comic books. I don't recall seeing ads for coins or coin shops in the newspapers but I do remember the little ads in the back pages of my favourite comic books for them and even bought some back in the 70s .. I got 3 IHCs for dollar or something like that.
Those days are long gone lol
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Moderator
 United States
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@wan, I'm not sure how much of the internet you have access to, but when I perform a search with the keywords "COIN SHOP NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT", I get some relevant hits. Here is a link to one example from 1960: https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n01a11.html"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin advertisements often appeared in Sunday newspaper inserts back in the day. For examples, and much more, do a Google image search on 'vintage coin advertisements'.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wan, you could try using the Library of Congress newspaper search. I use it often to establish attribution for maverick tokens and other things. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Forum Dad
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Valued Member
 China
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That's waht I want!  I am really curious about the years people do not have a cell phone, these advertisements just give me a chance to know something, Thank you! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Excellent - glad that I helped! For perspective, it would be difficult to find a proof Barber half for less than $1200 today.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The ad from Numismatist reminded me of perhaps the most famous coin ads, first this one from December 1919:  Imagine paying $500 for a 1913 Liberty nickel. But as it turns out, Samuel Brown was a former mint employee, and he wasn't interested in buying any. He already had five of them, and he was laying the groundwork for selling them without drawing suspicion. Next came this one, from December 1923, reportedly all 5 sold for $2000. The rest is history, as they say.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great stuff!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Excellent, kbbpll! I was not familiar with that story.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@Wan This is the sort of advertisement I remember from when I was young. This one supposedly was in a Superman comic book, but Littleton Coin Co ran these kinds of ads in the Sunday comics section of the newspaper too, if I remember right. They would then send you coins "on approval" every month which you either paid for or shipped back to them, so it was a bit of a "scam" (I can't think of a better word - shrewd marketing perhaps).  |
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Forum Dad
United States
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This is the sort of advertisement I remember from when I was young. I remember that, it wqas right uder the x-ray glasses! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And the Atlas "guy getting sand kicked in his face" ads.
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Posted 11/30/2023 06:37 am
