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New Coin Store in NYC!

Yesterday, I was walking on glamor 57th Street in NYC and saw this new coin store. The store is located between Park and Lexington - one of the highest rent district in the world. Right around the corner is Heritage (on Park & 57th) and a few blocks on 57th Street is Stacks. Pretty impressive! Any other new coin stores opening.

Easton Collection

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll bet they aren't going to specialize in Lincoln looks at Kennedy pennies. :p

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  • breakdownbreakdown Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not a new dealer - they just moved recently. They were previously at 44th street between Fifth and Sixth for years. They seem to do a lot more baseball memorabilia than high value coins (although to be fair, I haven't been in their store in a while).

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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is awesome.

    I heard it's set up like an Amazon store. You just pocket stuff you want and walk out the door. Your credit card takes care of payment.
    Lance.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 11, 2017 9:42PM

    Here's their website which includes their coin inventory. Looks like a lot of ATS with some PCGS and ANACS from what I've seen so far:

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This one looks familiar

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,133 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is there a hot dog cart to provide an ample supply of mustard nearby outside?

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  • CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭✭✭

    High rent district for sure...57th street is now called Billionaire's row because the Chinese and Russians are paying up to 88 million for new apartments there.

    It's always nice to see a brick and mortar store but it doesn't seem to have the same atmosphere as the ones in my youth where a few hundred BU Morgan dollars in the display cases were priced at 1.10 each.

    Of course, buying anything of value over the counter is always made painful by the NYC sales tax of 8.875%

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  • EastonCollectionEastonCollection Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They were closed when I walked past the store but I will definitely be able to go in during business hours in the near future and check out the inventory. Glad to see coin store owners are willing to invest in a brick and mortar store now a days!
    Not expecting to see many Morgans priced at $1.10

    Easton Collection
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks impressive... and a nice website.... Unfortunately I will not be visiting... I do not go into NYC....Been there many times in years gone by...no more relatives left there.... Cheers, RickO

  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like they are trying to go after that higher clientele around park ave- similar to heritage which is only 4 blocks away.
    Seems that their early gold has problems coins priced where non problem coins should be and non problem coins at much higher levels.

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  • ScarsdaleCoinScarsdaleCoin Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 12, 2017 12:03PM

    Tony started in Queens feels like 40-50 years ago years ago they simply moved a few blocks. They have been around as long as I can remember

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  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Jon is right. They have always been in midtown, since at least the 1980s. They have a fairly good reputation and have built a following. And, as you know, there is always something interesting walking through the door in NY, crossroads of the World. They have been competing with several other midtown dealers for years.

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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 12, 2017 11:17AM

    Consider that three doors from Stacks is a schlocky, kitschy "going out of business 50%-90% off" faux-antiques store that gets its clientele directly from cab-drivers whose passengers have already passed the "$183 fare from JFK-NYC" test.

    Lest @MrEureka despair, moral epidemiologists have concluded that another coin dealership won't impede the pedestrian trade on that particular block to as great a degree as will the Trump Tower traffic problems.

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  • GluggoGluggo Posts: 3,566 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 12, 2017 11:57AM

    @ricko said:
    Looks impressive... and a nice website.... Unfortunately I will not be visiting... I do not go into NYC....Been there many times in years gone by...no more relatives left there.... Cheers, RickO

    Come on Rick I hear you got a suite on the top floors of the Trump Tower! In fact I hear Ivanka comes to visit once in a while. :o Don't worry no body will know. B)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am not admitting anything... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • UltraHighReliefUltraHighRelief Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll have to check it out. Looks nice!

  • RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭✭

    So that’s where it ended up?
    A few years back, to a school auction, I donated an MJ “wingspan” piece like that in the window display.

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a nice place !!!

    Timbuk3
  • ADGADG Posts: 436 ✭✭✭

    They usually have a nice selection of Italian coins. Brought a few from them at their Ebay store a while back.

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  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 13, 2017 7:45AM

    @EastonCollection said:

    Yesterday, I was walking on glamor 57th Street in NYC and saw this new coin store. The store is located between Park and Lexington - one of the highest rent district in the world. Right around the corner is Heritage (on Park & 57th) and a few blocks on 57th Street is Stacks. Pretty impressive! Any other new coin stores opening.

    I would assume the rent plus property tax per month is around 6 digits. But under the table cost before leasing would be close to a million plus.

  • jonrunsjonruns Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Back in the day I went to their 44th Street location...found their selection of coins and cards to be over-priced and over graded (before TPG)...their staff and owners to be rude...and offers to buy both coins and cards to be lowball...

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jonruns said:
    Back in the day I went to their 44th Street location...found their selection of coins and cards to be over-priced and over graded (before TPG)...their staff and owners to be rude...and offers to buy both coins and cards to be lowball...

    Like ....Brigands? :o:o:o:o

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,240 ✭✭✭✭✭

    more then likely its going to be out of my price range (fwiw) id still like to check it out.

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