Best place to buy coins. Mike is awesome
There are a lot of people out their who expect full value for their junk and will complain to high heaven when they are told differently. so all comments posted should be taken with a grain of salt..
I enjoy the talkin and yakin' to the employees their, their very down to earth and make u feel at home.. They seem to have alot of great deals and a huge amount of coin supplies.. I totally recommend this place.. Stop in and enjoy!
Inexperience in the business I probably the reason for the negatives being said
I am from out of state but come to the Fox valley every year to visit family. While here I visit local coin shops looking for odds and ends for my collection and my brother visits this store every so often and converses with the owner about coins antiques or whatever. So they have some kind of ongoing business relationship.
Large selection, friendly service and very knowledgeable staff. And fair prices.
I collect silver coins, particularly pre1600 german saxony thalers which he had none of but that was expected since they are hard to find.
But my overall impression was that the place was average...not the worst nor the best. I have been to unscrupulous coin dealers who would intentionally try to rip you off if they thought they could and these types of places suck. I on e was going to sell a very rare very worn silver double thaler for vacation cash. The coin was easily worth $800 retail and if auctioned on the right day could probably bring in $1200-1500. The guy pulled out one of his world coin guides found my coin in it and proceeded to subtly berate the coin as worthless and only worth scrap silver price. But he was willing to give me 1.5x silver value. To all the readers , that is a ripoff artist.
As other Comments stated he seemed uppity and kind of short when questions were asked. I experienced this too when asking questions but I asked them any way. This only lead me to think he either he has very little knowledge of coins and my questions intimidated him or he was having a bad day. I am 46 years old but have over 40 years of experience and knowledge dealing with coin specifics so when I ask a question, they are quite technical and the terminology I use can make some feel uneasy.
My impression of the place was that the prices seemed a little high and the selection was average. Floor space was unwisely used and lighting could be better. I attributed the higher prices to it being a brick and mortar store and not eBay. So the turn around on selling coins can be quite long due to limited exposure
But no I didn't get that impression from this place. yes he could be more cordial to the customers and if not sure of something don't BS just say so. If people are calling for quotes and think their being mislead, then be explicit and state during these types of calls that prices vary so greatly that he does not feel comfortable talking numbers sight unseen but that he is interested in their items.
I had a good experience here...the junk silver was pretty fairly priced...but their proof coins were overpriced
Regarding the other posters comments about selling to him, that I cannot. Though I know my brother occasionally does and my brother I one cheap bastard and knows exactly what the value is before he sells and would not do business with someone if he didn't trust their business practices.
I've been to this Store a few times, and every time I've been in their, my experience has been great!
In response to some of the negative comments..
But either way I didn't let it affect the shopping experience because I have met 100s of coin dealers who were uppity or condescending when I asked excellent knowledgeable questions regarding their highest priced items all because when I bum around coin shopping, I usually wear rags and I do not look the part of a person who can drop a few thousand dollars on a coin purchase.
Maybe the complainers are expecting red book value for their coins and are unaware that these price guides are created 2-5 years before the publish date which makes them absolutely useless. And if they are selling scrap gold/silver maybe they expect spot price which is ridiculous.
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