Random, fly-on-the-wall pics from a coin shop

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lordmarcovan
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Just hanging out in my friend’s Asheville, NC shop.














Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    He doesn't have any of those old school display cases with the revolving shelves? 😕

    It otherwise looks nice.

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JBK said:
    He doesn't have any of those old school display cases with the revolving shelves? 😕

    It otherwise looks nice.

    I remember using them (coin stores, woolworths etc, etc

  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JBK said:
    He doesn't have any of those old school display cases with the revolving shelves? 😕

    It otherwise looks nice.

    No, he prefers static cases, I guess so he can pull all the trays and stick ‘em in the safe overnight. That would be a bigger chore with the Spin Display motion cases.

    Back in my antique mall days, I had two of those Spin Displays, myself, and liked them. Couldn’t find any used ones on the secondary market so I ordered both of mine new from the factory. ($$$$).

    They were great, but balancing the trays could be a little tricky at times if they had uneven weights.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • Project Numismatics
    Project Numismatics Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JBK said:
    He doesn't have any of those old school display cases with the revolving shelves? 😕

    It otherwise looks nice.

    What memories! Pushing those black buttons, finding a gem and waiting for the owner to revolve it all the way to the back and pull it out for closer inspection. It was a bit of a ritual!

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Plus the heat from the lightbulbs could probably heat the store in the winter. 😃

  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JBK said:
    Plus the heat from the lightbulbs could probably heat the store in the winter. 😃

    My newer (early 2000s) ones had fluorescent tubes.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • 291fifth
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    The roman coin is an antoninianus not a denarius. Note the spiked "crown".

    All glory is fleeting.
  • ajaan
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    I've been to that shop. Nice clean place. Don't know if I can say the same for the owner though. ;)


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  • GaCoinGuy
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    @JBK said:
    He doesn't have any of those old school display cases with the revolving shelves? 😕

    It otherwise looks nice.

    There's a local pawn shop near me that has one of those....some of the coins in there have a layer of dust on them; he has very little coin turn-around (prices are high).

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  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @291fifth said:
    The roman coin is an antoninianus not a denarius. Note the spiked "crown".

    Yes. That’s not Michael’s holder, but a customer’s. It was in with a loose box o’ stuff that recently came in the shop, which he hadn’t reholdered or priced out yet.

    Gordian III antoninianii are so common that some of us on CoinTalk and NumisForums affectionately refer to them as “roaches”, but they come nice, usually, and their commonness keeps the price down and makes them one of the more appealing options in cheap Roman silver for that reason. Great starter coins for the novice Ancients collector.

    I think they’re like the 1921 Morgan dollar of ancient coins.

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  • Mr_Spud
    Mr_Spud Posts: 7,272 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Very nice, if I ever make it back to Asheville I’ll have to check it out.

    Mr_Spud

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    And no mustard stains. 🤨

  • LanLord
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    The Procol Harum fan in me wants an Ashville Ashtray.

  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Didn’t take pix of all the gold, for some reason. Mostly less expensive stuff. Guess that’s ’cause that’s what I was looking at.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • rooksmith
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    Rescued from the 30-day trash bucket. photos at a random shop in Santa Rosa

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  • Coin Finder
    Coin Finder Posts: 7,805 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice picts thanks for sharing!

    The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…

  • MWallace
    MWallace Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like the California Half. I need one. :)

  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    @johnny9434 said:

    @JBK said:
    He doesn't have any of those old school display cases with the revolving shelves? 😕

    It otherwise looks nice.

    I remember using them (coin stores, woolworths etc, etc

    Been in a few sports card shops that utilized those revolvers.

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  • Tibor
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    I had one of those 1934- 45 Mercury dime holders. Filled it with
    Fully Rounded Bands coins. Really nice ones. Except for the 1945-P.
    Nice full bands, not the Walt Disney imagination ones. Still have
    it in the safe deposit box.
    When I met LM at Mikes shop, the place was hopping with some
    buying and LOTS of selling. LM had to jump in and help. Good times.

  • GaCoinGuy
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    @lordmarcovan said:

    @airplanenut said:
    Thanks for the click-bait title. Not even ONE photo of a fly on the wall in the shop.

    No-see-ums.

    No-see-ums are the evil step-siblings of skeeters. The Low-Country of SC is covered by the devils in the summer.

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  • GaCoinGuy
    GaCoinGuy Posts: 2,867 ✭✭✭✭
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    @airplanenut said:
    Thanks for the click-bait title. Not even ONE photo of a fly on the wall in the shop.

    How about a fly on the wall outside the shop.....?

    imageimage

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