Where do you all typically buy your World Coins?

NewRose

I've been on many sites that sell World Coins, and the one that I've been most pleased with is Northeast Numismatics.
My question is, beside the major auction houses in numismatics and local dealers, what other places do you buy your world coins?

JCMhouston

Northeast (my wife really hates those guys), Heritage, Spink, Colin Cooke, Baldwins, I've bought 1 or 2 from Civitas on the boards, I used to buy a few from CNG but in the past couple of years they have not been carrying the things I collect.

NewRose

<< <i>Northeast (my wife really hates those guys), Heritage, Spink, Colin Cooke, Baldwins, I've bought 1 or 2 from Civitas on the boards, I used to buy a few from CNG but in the past couple of years they have not been carrying the things I collect. >>



I like Northeast's photos, they ain't too bad. Prices are very reasonable as well.
I browsed through a few of the other sites, slightly impressed, but still Northeast (and Heritage) top them. Guess it depends on what you collect.

If there are any world coin dealers that anybody knows of, that post on this site, or have their own website, it would be neat to check them out.

Thank you, JCMhouston

worldcoinguy

VCoins and MS Shops (European - primarily German) are good options also.

worldcoinguy

Other thoughts for my areas of interest:
Teller Coins
Jonathan Kern

Lancastercoin

Shows.

mudskippie

Northeast is the last dealer in my book; price wise speaking, they're quite expensive, but they are quite professional, and they carry significant inventory.
I try to find dealers that located in the country of my focus because they usually have what I want; I collect French Colonial Coinage so here is the list of a few dealers that I have done/ and continue to do business with:
CGB www.cgb.fr and www.numishop.com
Philippe Saive Numismatique www.saivenumismatique.com
iNumis www.inumis.com
Monnaies Dantan www.monnaiesdantan.com
Dumez Numismatique www.dumez-numismatique.com
Numisaisne www.numisaisne.com

I occasionally find some great deals with a few US dealers, unfortunately they don't offen update their websites, and they usually conduct their business sending out price list/ attending coin shows.
Karl Stephen www.karlstephensinc.com
Paul Montz (I lost his business card, but I think I got his last name right, he also has a website that he tries to update with new inventories)
American Heritage Minting (Website is under construction)

mudskippie

Also, I would strongly suggest that you try eBay, especially eBay from the country of your focus like eBay.fr, eBay.de, eBay.ch ...etc...

SYRACUSIAN

<< <i>Northeast is the last dealer in my book; price wise speaking, they're quite expensive, but they are quite professional, and they carry significant inventory.

I occasionally find some great deals with a few US dealers, unfortunately they don't offen update their websites, and they usually conduct their business sending out price list/ attending coin shows.
Karl Stephen www.karlstephensinc.com
Paul Montz (I lost his business card, but I think I got his last name right, he also has a website that he tries to update with new inventories)
American Heritage Minting (Website is under construction) >>




Noone said that Northeast is cheap. Their usual markup is ~70% but if the item you're after is not hot, you can expect a decent discount the longer the item stays on the site. But if NEN is quite expensive in your book, American Heritage Minting shouldn't even be in it. They have some great coins, but their prices are out of touch and the service and proffesionalism of the NEN guys often makes up for their prices, something I can't say for AHM.

On the other hand, if rare French 19th century gem material, as well as some English 19th century gems are the coins of your choice, they certainly know how to locate them. Shame that they can't do a decent job in imaging them too.


PS: As PCGS is the service of their choice, it wouldn't be a bad idea to add TrueView in their submissions, even if the latter is now at $20, until they hire a photographer full time. Their asking prices that never seem to be negotiable can cover that fee. Here's one more difference between them and NEN or other high end shops: they've been listing the same coin for the past 4 years asking the exact same price, 4 years and not a single dollar of discount, a coin that they should still have BTW, a Swiss 1850-A 2 frs in PCGS MS64.

NewRose

Thanks for the links, although I cannot seem to get to most of them. It keeps timing out.
I buy, a lot on eBay.
I like to focus on French coinage, but I like to view other toned coins from other European countries. Another problem with this is that I have a graded, registry set of what I'm buying and want to continue buying graded coins, to not mess with the hassle of picking a diamond in the rough, spending $50 on grading, then realizing I could've just paid $50 in the first place to have the coin graded in my hands.

FilthyBroke

I use CGB, York Coins, MAShops, VCoins, Ebay, or wherever I can find a good deal on an interesting piece.

Hussulo

Thanks for the links, although I cannot seem to get to most of them. It keeps timing out.

The links don't seem to be working but just copy and past the addresses into your browser and it should work.

farthing

Quite a few come off of emailed price lists - with no pictures! Otherwise, eBay, VCoins, and NEN

jt88

<< <i>Thanks for the links, although I cannot seem to get to most of them. It keeps timing out.

The links don't seem to be working but just copy and past the addresses into your browser and it should work. >>



Take out the s after http and it should work.

satootoko

Joel Anderson is a good source for books as well as coins.

I also like this dealer near the Hamamatsucho Station on the Yamanote Line.

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

Mostly ebay. For me the risk is small since lately my purchases have been relatively inexpensive stuff. In the last couple of weeks I have had coins arrive from sellers in US, Malta, UK and Italy.

Sapyx

Most of my coins I buy from the local coin show, from one or two local dealers, and from the auctions at the coin club meetings I go to. I do very little buying online.

mudskippie

Folks, the links are fixed, sorry for the trouble, I should have checked!



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Noone said that Northeast is cheap. Their usual markup is ~70% but if the item you're after is not hot, you can expect a decent discount the longer the item stays on the site. But if NEN is quite expensive in your book, American Heritage Minting shouldn't even be in it. They have some great coins, but their prices are out of touch and the service and proffesionalism of the NEN guys often makes up for their prices, something I can't say for AHM.
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You spoke the truth about AHM, so I must concur; they are in my book because I was able to obtain a few rare pieces at decent prices at the ANA's show in LA last year. Believe it or not, some of the pieces that I didn't purchase (I thought their mark up were pretty high) ended up in Northeast's inventory and were sold a few days later



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Another problem with this is that I have a graded, registry set of what I'm buying and want to continue buying graded coins, to not mess with the hassle of picking a diamond in the rough, spending $50 on grading, then realizing I could've just paid $50 in the first place to have the coin graded in my hands.
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I understand this completely, however, these French dealers occasionally have pcgs certified pieces for sale too! CGB has several mail bid auctions within a year, and they always have some certified pcgs or ngc coins in their catalog! And sometimes it caught you by surprise: I bought a French Colonial Notgeld that only listed as BU from Numisaisne a few months ago, but the coin turned out already certifed by PCGS as MS65