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Dealer recommendations for Tampa & northbound?

AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I'm looking for suggestions on coin dealers in the Tampa area (or ~90 mins north). For a returning now-retired collector interested in genuine raw and PCGS slabs. Over dates and RPM's and minor die varieties. He's probably looking for an older dealer he can shoot the breeze with.

Any suggestions for around there? He's striking out to the point of disinterest and skipping the FUN show since I guess bad dealers are all over out there.

I've done some ebay stuff with some but that's worlds different than a B&M.

Thanks.. if you don't wanna post specifics please message me. I'm sure some of you genuine dealers are around that area or know someone I hope.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The older fellow who owns Tampa Coin may be a good contact for him.
    He's a retired banker turned coin dealer who has a lot of stories and likes to shoot the breeze.
    Very reasonable prices on a wide selection of raw coins.
    He doesn't carry much in the way of high end material, but I have bought some decent large cents, Barbers, Walkers, etc from him over the years.
    Never been to his shop (if he has one), but he sets up at large and small shows all over FL.

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,164 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't know if this will be helpful @Azurescens but this is a link to the ANA dealer directory for Florida by town.

    https://coin-dealer-directory.money.org/florida

    There are 123 listed.

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  • georgiacop50georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 9, 2018 4:23PM

    Spring Hill about 33 miles N of Tampa has Vermillion Enterprises. Small shop with not a huge inventory but the prices are right and the owner is honest.

    On the other side of town is CoinGuy. Don't even go in there unless you don't mind the owner pointing a firearm in your direction (unseen, under the counter). Then after he decides your not a threat he may put the gun down and get out of his chair to try and sell you something overpriced.

    Closer to Tampa, I like A Village Coin Shop in Lutz and Hausers, tho it is under new management and not what it once was.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Awesome!!! I will pass along. Spring Hill is closer to him than Tampa. Tyvm! =)

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 10, 2018 2:54PM

    @georgiacop50 said:
    On the other side of town is CoinGuy. Don't even go in there unless you don't mind the owner pointing a firearm in your direction (unseen, under the counter). Then after he decides your not a threat he may put the gun down and get out of his chair to try and sell you something overpriced.

    This was his exact experience with CoinGuy, and I heard the same on another board about CoinGuy being rude, overpriced and very aggressive and vulgar. CG also ripped off someone close to me. Hope he never sees me in person for what he did, F that guy. Most of his coin club members don't like him, LOL. You know you suck when..

    @georgiacop50 said:
    Spring Hill about 33 miles N of Tampa has Vermillion Enterprises. Small shop with not a huge inventory but the prices are right and the owner is honest.

    My father and a friend at ICG said Brian is an honest guy with great prices and pieces. The younger guy that works there is a peach, too. He said the place is worth a long drive if anyone lives far away. Probably a good place to stop after FUN, if anyone is going.

    The dealers in Lutz aren't gonna be at FUN, so I hope he checks them out.

    Thanks for all the help in posts/messages. Always looking for recommendations.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Swampboy said:
    I don't know if this will be helpful @Azurescens but this is a link to the ANA dealer directory for Florida by town.

    https://coin-dealer-directory.money.org/florida

    There are 123 listed.

    Haha thanks for the link. It's hard to whittle down.

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