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Valued Member
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Beware of LIttleton Coin Company's pricing. According to their web site, https://www.littletoncoin.com/, they'll sell you a 1930 Buffalo nickel in Fine condition raw (no certification by PCGS etc.) for about $13.00. That's a huge difference from the Whitman 2026 Red Book, which valued it at $2.20 for an F-12! Shipping cost would bring the total to around $25. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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No big surprise. It's pretty much always been that way.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19115 Posts |
Agree with Marve65. It's the nature of the marketplace--warts and all.
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Valued Member
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@vill, Littleton has a speckled history with many folks here on CCF. You can use the search function with the keyword LITTLETON to see them, but here is one example: https://goccf.com/t/104916"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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Not really too surprised. They've been overcharging for their coins for years.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's their business model. The TV coin guys are along the same lines...one of my favorites is when they are selling some obsolete coins and say "sold out at the mint".
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Yep - Littleton has been overpricing common coins for a long time.  |
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No big surprise id right with them. I used to buy from them way back in the day (40 + years ago, but no longer.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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LIttleton Coin Company has always been high. How many grandmothers or grandfathers fell for their products. Same as buying coins from T.V. salesmen, higher than a kite.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is common knowledge.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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On the Flip Side: we sold such coins to Littleton; let's say out of several hundred coins submitted under their BUY Policy; they'd keep less that 10% as "meeting their standards". If you buy something from them, it's been chosen over several hundred coins to be offered publicly
Edited by Oldgrouchyguy
07/27/2025 12:37 pm
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I would not have expected anything else to be said.
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Pillar of the Community
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As you can tell by the responses, many are already, and for some time, aware of this. The good news is...you are now aware of this, and hopefully some new collectors to this site will see this this post and become aware of it too.
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Posted 07/25/2025 6:22 pm
