I have recently picked up coin collecting as a hobby and I'm mainly interested in us coins and also just building up my own coin collection. Does anyone know of a good company or site that I can use as a bench mark for pricing on coins and coin supplies?
2007-11-08 02:44:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
There are lots of coin collecting forums that you can become a part of as well to post pictures and have people who care as much about coin collecting as you do give you feed-back or help you with finding the right coins. The first vender I have used online is coinland.com, here is their link:
http://www.coinland.com
A lot of people I have known use this consortium business for the benchmark for finding how much coins can be priced or over-priced. Coinland.com buys and sells coins as well and I haven't had a bad experience with them thus far.
You can find Presidential coins and state coins as well as coins with lots of historical value to them, which is the thing that I love best.
here is a link to their about page:
http://www.coinland.com/about_us.asp
The other 2 posts didn't really give somewhere that you can immediately start and this website is a good place to start :)
I hope I was of help! Good luck with your coin collection!
2007-11-09 05:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the wonderful world of Numismatics. For supplies go to www.brooklyngallery.com, there are a large mail order company of coin and stamp supplies with very good prices. Please remember there is shipping charges and on small orders a local dealer is better. Coins vary from dealer to dealer and no price guide seems to actually hit the nail on the head. Even before you actually start collecting you must try to figure out what you want to collect and have a goal. Having a lot of old coins is an accumulation not a collection and you will get bored. Try a 20th century type set there are albums out there. It can be finished and it is nice to have one coin of each type. Since 1901 there has been 4 different nickels plus 4 westward journey nickles and now the new nickel. it will take time to get all the different cents up through dollars. If you like history collect historic U.S. coins. there is a lot one can do and it does not have to be expensive. I have found the less I worry about how much my collection is worth, the more valuable it becomes. Wheeler and dealers lose in the long run. have fun!
2007-11-08 12:13:23 · answer #2 · answered by Taiping 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd probably be better served if you started locally and actually visited a coin collector-based business. At least here in Boston, there are several brick-and-mortar businesses that deal in coins. They have books and other supplies and can also steer you right about things like having coins authenticated and sealed in airtight sleeves - something I didn't know about for many years because my coin collecting merely picked up where my dad had left off, and he had absolutely no idea!!!! You really want to talk with someone in a store that actually sells coins; don't leave it to a website: there are too many "cons" on line.
2007-11-08 02:51:40 · answer #3 · answered by L.G. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-06-13 01:58:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best price I have found is www.hobbysupplydirect.com
2014-03-07 17:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋