Where is the most geographically remote coin shop you know of?

SanctionII

I live in California and have seen coin shops in small towns up and down the state over the years.

The most remote shop I have seen (though probably not that remote) is a shop on the eastern side of the Sierras along US Highway 395 in the Bishop area. Most people in California live on the Western side of the Sierras, so the Eastern side seems like in another universe. Lots of open spaces and pretty country on the Eastern side however.

I bet in other parts of the country there are some out of the way shops also.

WinPitcher

The one in Ambler Alaska.

The owner is named Natunaka.

Steve

STONE

I don't know about remoteness since I've never visited this coin shop, but I once bought a coin from a shop in Tibet.
I was curious and looked up the town/village where it was postmarked from and it was well distant from any major city...or seemingly anything!

That's the best example that I can reasonably come up with.

LindeDad

I've went to one in Fairbanks AK while I was stationed at Travis AFB in California. But then I went around the world on several trips while stationed there.

Fletcher

I went into a tiny one on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands with a want list for Mad Marty (he wanted me to pick him up some weenie dollars). It actually said "Coin Shop" on a sandwich board out front ... they also did tribal tattoos

PerryHall

In this day and age, if the shop has internet service and U.S. Postal service, is it really that remote?

amiller

<< <i>The one in Ambler Alaska. >>



Are you serious? I don't believe it. There's only about 100 houses in Ambler and if I remember correctly the only way to get there is to fly in!

notwilight

I drive through Bishop at least once/year and used to go through there much more frequently and I've never noticed a coin shop. -Jerry

TwoSides2aCoin

Crook Street in Coin, Iowa in Coin, Iowa.

I don't know if there's a coin shop there, but ... it seems to me it would be a most remote place for one, geographically and numismatically speaking.

bolivarshagnasty

A small coin shop in the northern Georgia mountains. It's a tourist type of town with the entire downtown area looking like a Swiss Alps village. Don't know the proprietors name but I was in the shop a few years ago. Shag

bolivarshagnasty

C'mon guys, don't make Shag the thread killer. Anyone else?

Konahead

Honolulu, HI

Konahead

<< <i>I drive through Bishop at least once/year and used to go through there much more frequently and I've never noticed a coin shop. -Jerry >>



It is on the main drag on the right if heading north, not far from the turn off for the Hospital. Owner is really nice and I have made several purchases on my several trips a year.

WinPitcher

Are you serious? I don't believe it. There's only about 100 houses in Ambler and if I remember correctly the only way to get there is to fly in!





That's what makes it so remote!




Steve

JedPlanchet

<< <i>A small coin shop in the northern Georgia mountains. It's a tourist type of town with the entire downtown area looking like a Swiss Alps village. Don't know the proprietors name but I was in the shop a few years ago. Shag >>



You must mean Helen ... a touch of Bavaria with Southern Flair

BillyKingsley

Who wants to be the first to open a coin shop in Antarctica?