New York City Coin Shops? Museums?

baseballjeff

Hello Everyone,

So a couple weeks ago I had to go to St. Louis for work, this coming week my wife and I are going to visit her family in the great state of New York. Are there any MUST stops in New York City? I was looking and saw that the American Numismatic Society is located in NYC, is this worth a stop? Any sweet coin shops?

Thank you everyone!
Jeff

magikbilly

Hi,

You can see one of the very best Vermeer canvasses, Officer and a Laughing Girl, at The Frick Museum (1 East 70th St. near Central Park), along with many other great works in many media. There is a Pine Tree shilling at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Avenue along Central Park), which is a good reason to see all that Tiffany.

Hope you enjoy my city

Eric

DaveG

The ANS is always worth a visit.

Visit their website, make a plan of what you want to see and make an appointment ahead of time so they can get the coins you want to see out of the vault. You will be astonished!

Because of the high rents in New York, there is a shortage of coin shops.

I live in the NYC area and I wouldn't recommend any NYC shops as a "must see."

The museums, on the other hand, . . .

nibanny

The tour at the Fed and its coin museum is worth a visit, check their website to book the tour.

Brigandi on 44th and 6th Avenue is a nice shop, with a good display. It is a little pricey though.
On 25th between 5th and 6th Avenue there are a couple of little stores and a flea market on Saturday and Sunday.

MM

pruebas

Paul Bosco has a shop on 33 St near Madison Ave. He mostly deals in medals and world coins. And he's kind of hard to buy from because he can never find anything.

Champion Stamp has world banknotes. Check their website ahead of time to see if they have anything of interest.

And of course, there is Stacks on 57 Street, but I've never been able to buy anything from them over the counter.

You could hit the Strand bookstore for used books and remainders. You never know what you might find there.

The ANS has a great library if there is anything you need to research. You need an ID and an appointment to get in.

magikbilly

<< <i>Paul Bosco has a shop on 33 St near Madison Ave. He mostly deals in medals and world coins. And he's kind of hard to buy from because he can never find anything.

Champion Stamp has world banknotes. Check their website ahead of time to see if they have anything of interest.

And of course, there is Stacks on 57 Street, but I've never been able to buy anything from them over the counter.

You could hit the Strand bookstore for used books and remainders. You never know what you might find there.

The ANS has a great library if there is anything you need to research. You need an ID and an appointment to get in. >>




OF COURSE! How could I neglect to suggest the best bookstore - The Strand (corner of 12th Street and Broadway). Always worth a check - I have found many great volumes there. You can search some stacks online.

Best wishes,
Eric

I love dinner at La Bonne Soup - 48 West 55th Street. Some great soups and salads.

DaveG

I thought Paul Bosco didn't operate a shop anymore.

Is this location fairly new?

(as in the past year or two?)



edited to add: You're too late to book a guided tour of the Fed (which includes a tour of the gold vault), but you may be able to book a self-guided tour (which just covers the lobby exhibit). The lobby is well worth seeing for its architecture and the exhibit (which includes the 1933 double eagle, I believe) is very worth while.

Coinosaurus

Right, for the ANS, it is best to be prepared. Go through the online catalogs first, figure out what you want to see, then send the list to the librarian and/or curator ahead of time and tell them when you will be there.

There are some open stacks in the library which you can browse anytime they are open. But all the really cool stuff is in the closed stacks.

superpsychmd

Bosco store is like 32 nd st between lex and Madison. Very hard to buy from him, doesn't negotiate a dime, very disorganized.

DaveG

But all the really cool stuff is in the closed stacks.



I wouldn't go that far. After all, none of the things you or I have written are in the closed stacks.

Shamika

It's stuns me that a coin shop could survive in NYC these days.

candy2012mustang

You can buy some bullion at MTB.. Can't think of anywhere else..

Barry

When you say museums, you probably mean coin museums, but here's one not too many people visit:

The NYC Transit Museum. It's in Brooklyn, an easy subway ride. A "living" museum in a decommissioned subway station with history and examples of subway cars, etc. from the beginning of the system.

BillJones

<< <i>It's stuns me that a coin shop could survive in NYC these days. >>



Ditto for coin shows. There used to be a lot of great ones, like the Grand Central show that was held in the fall at the Park Sheridan in the 1970s and before. High rents and arcane union rules banished them. On the bourse you couldn't even change a light bulb legally without calling a union electrician.

DaveG

I suspect it's high rents rather than union rules that really killed NYC coin shows.

I believe I've heard similar comments about union rules from the dealers who've done shows in Philly and the Chicago area.

And, the New York International is one well-attended show!