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Who's the biggest coin dealer in the world?

steventheynsteventheyn Posts: 104 ✭
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Heritage say they're the biggest, what do you guys think? Technically the US Mint probaly is.image

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  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    I dunno, but this guy has to be a contender:

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    If not in first, gotta be a close second, supercoin. image
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  • RotatedRainbowsRotatedRainbows Posts: 2,085 ✭✭
    Hey supercoin where did you get that picture of AH??? image
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    LOL!!! 4 real!!! Super, you always come up with the best graphics!
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  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Supercoin, ROTFLimage I wasn't expecting that!!

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  • JohnscoinJohnscoin Posts: 250
    Hey Steven,
    I'd really have a hard time arguing with Heritage's claim that they are the largest. They definitely have the most manpower of any coin dealer in America. The largest overseas is probably Spinks, but I doubt they are anywhere near whta Heritage has. Though Bowers and Superior probably would run 2nd and 3rd respectively. Anyone else have any ideas?
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    US Mint is the world's largest coin dealer.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Which Mint in the world produces the finest quality coinage? Bear
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  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Finest, I dunno, prettiest I'd say the Royal Canadian Mint.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Mike -I believe I agree with you on the Canadian Mint. Finest quality and nicest designs.
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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is it possible that based on retail sales alone, that Littleton might be the largest retailer of US coins?

    Of course, bigger does not necessarily mean mean better.
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  • prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    Can the mint be considered a dealer? They typically don't buy coins from collectors.
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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    You dont have to buy coins from collectors , when you have the legal right to mint coinage. The US Mint is a dealer in generally substandard and in great measure unappetizing coinage.
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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great responnse to the "biggest." Love it!
  • goyankeezgoyankeez Posts: 357
    I dunno, but this guy has to be a contender:

    How about the undisputed champion of the world. image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LOL. image

    Hey, wassup, oreville and Carl? (And Bear, too) How've y'all been? I guess I've spent too much time on the "Dark Side" these last few months. image

    Speaking of the Darkside, I would imagine that Spink in the UK is up there among the biggies, too. They claim to be the oldest, at any rate, having been established in the 1660's, if I remember correctly.

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  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
    You beat me to it oreville, Littleton is by far the dealer with the highest sales figure! The Perth Mint has the highest quality coins!
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  • 4thStooge4thStooge Posts: 319


    << <i>The US Mint is a dealer in generally substandard and in great measure unappetizing coinage. >>



    Yeah, and they only sell moderns, bleh! image
  • MacCoinMacCoin Posts: 2,544 ✭✭
    I have to go with the US mint.
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  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    The mint doesn't fit the definition of a dealer, they don't buy and sell. The mint is a manufacturer, they wholesale the bulk of their product out to the Federal reserve and they have a company retail outlet that deals with the general public. Just like lots of other manufacturers do.
  • jomjom Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The mint doesn't fit the definition of a dealer >>



    They don't, eh? Seen their bottom line lately? image

    jom
  • coinfindercoinfinder Posts: 124
    I agree with condor, the Mint is not a dealer. As far as the biggest dealer in the world it would be tough to say. I guess it depends on wether your talking about sales figure, most advertisments, most chains, biggest website or what.
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  • steventheynsteventheyn Posts: 104 ✭
    I don't think the mint considers themselves a dealer, but when they offered 3 years of "sold out" proof sets at a premium, it made me wonder.
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    BY ALL, i mean even those nasty little peices you call culls.

    they showup alot in the Littleton Treasure Chest (49.95 retail)

    estimated value= 3.00 (thats pushing it)
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