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Are There Any Department Stores Left With Coin Counters?
RichR
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Since mentioning Macy's in a thread last night, I've received several private messages remembering "the good old days".
My personal favorites, having grown up in the NYC area, were the coin areas set aside in most larger Macy's and Gimbel's stores. You usually paid a bit of a premium but there was usually decent quality. And sometimes you could actually get a mis-priced deal/steal.
Hell...even the Woolworth's of my youth had a coin counter...and I think it revolved and had buttons to stop and reverse.
And now we don't even have coin stores anymore.
Can I get into a time machine and go back a few decades?
My personal favorites, having grown up in the NYC area, were the coin areas set aside in most larger Macy's and Gimbel's stores. You usually paid a bit of a premium but there was usually decent quality. And sometimes you could actually get a mis-priced deal/steal.
Hell...even the Woolworth's of my youth had a coin counter...and I think it revolved and had buttons to stop and reverse.
And now we don't even have coin stores anymore.
Can I get into a time machine and go back a few decades?
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Hallmark Card and Overpriced Gift Store had Ugly Christmas Silver Rounds in 2010. IIRC, they were $45 or $50 each. This was when silver was on the upward march to 50. I kept my eye on them, and they did not seem to move, as my wife worked at a public health clinic a couple doors away. On a whim, the day after Christmas, I checked, and all Christmas stuff was 1/2 off. They were near 1/2 or so the price of spot by that time. I forget how many they had, over 25, IIRC. I asked them how much if I took ALL of them, and they marked them down to 1/3 of retail. As I was paying for it, the manager asked me if I wanted more. I thought I had cleaned them out, but she checked her computer, and there were more (too long ago to remember, maybe 70 or so) locally at other stores. She put them on hold for me, again at 1/3 retail, and I just had to go pick them up and pay for them.
All in all, there were about 100 of them, and they went straight off to be sold for melt price.
A very nice Christmas.
All in all, there were about 100 of them, and they went straight off to be sold for melt price.
A very nice Christmas.
Indeed! Nice story.
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mustangbob, great story!
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Are There Any Department Stores Left With Coin Counters?
Question will soon be, "Are There Any Department Stores Left?"
with the internet id see even less in the future
And then they'd go digging around a junk drawer with all the wrinkled envelopes with a rubber band around them. So much for original mint packaging.
Same with the GSA boxes...they toss a box and a random COA card at you...where the first 2 digits didn't always match the actual date on the coin!
Ahhh...when times were simpler...
Quasi Coin Related.
Hallmark Card and Overpriced Gift Store had Ugly Christmas Silver Rounds in 2010. IIRC, they were $45 or $50 each. This was when silver was on the upward march to 50. I kept my eye on them, and they did not seem to move, as my wife worked at a public health clinic a couple doors away. On a whim, the day after Christmas, I checked, and all Christmas stuff was 1/2 off. They were near 1/2 or so the price of spot by that time. I forget how many they had, over 25, IIRC. I asked them how much if I took ALL of them, and they marked them down to 1/3 of retail. As I was paying for it, the manager asked me if I wanted more. I thought I had cleaned them out, but she checked her computer, and there were more (too long ago to remember, maybe 70 or so) locally at other stores. She put them on hold for me, again at 1/3 retail, and I just had to go pick them up and pay for them.
All in all, there were about 100 of them, and they went straight off to be sold for melt price.
A very nice Christmas.
Wow!