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Why are there more coin dealers in California?

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  • Gator5220Gator5220 Posts: 1,194
    Because there are more coin collectors in California?
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  • RKKayRKKay Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭
    Because it's a huge state with a huge population.
    Rick Kay
    Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns

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  • jayboxxjayboxx Posts: 1,613 ✭✭
    And a butt load of money running around, same reason why there are more Mercedes and BMW's....
  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,549 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Because if I was a movie star, I would live in California, and I would spend most of my money on coins, not movie theater or bowling alley aditions to my house.

    Like said before...........ya gotta follow the money......

    Pete
    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • alfalfaalfalfa Posts: 275 ✭✭
    Exactly! Higher cost of living and higher salaries.

    RJ
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    California 33,871,648
    Texas 20,851,820
    New York 18,976,457
    Florida 15,982,378
    Illinois 12,419,293

    Population rankings. Enough said.
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
  • EJBEJB Posts: 640
    ...Californians have more Flushable Income.....image
  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,549 ✭✭✭✭✭
    HA HA EJB........................."Flushabe"


    So true


    Pete
    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Better weather?
    There once was a place called
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  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    Bear got it

    was about 85 here today !
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  • foodudefoodude Posts: 3,577 ✭✭✭
    What Rick saidimage

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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    <Why are there more coin dealers in California?>

    Perhaps because the coins from "California" are quite imageimageimage

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  • WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    There are more people in California than in any other state.
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  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    <<Because it's a huge state with a huge population.>>

    With lots of disposable income
  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    Also because PCGS is over there image

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  • HadleydogHadleydog Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭
    85 degrees and beautiful today.
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  • GTSGTS Posts: 300
    There are more coin dealers in California, because California has very tough laws prohibiting shooting coin dealers.
    GTS
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The best place to make money is where there IS money, but ya gotta believe that the lion's share of their biz ist from us outta staters.
    theknowitalltroll;
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are more people in California than in any other state.

    Because it's a huge state with a huge population.

    Thank you, Wei and Rick, for stating the obvious. It is probably the reason that there is more of just about everything in California.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>There are more coin dealers in California, because California has very tough laws prohibiting shooting coin dealers >>





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  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    For the same reason there are fewer coin dealers in Wyoming?


    btw, did anyone get it right? What is the answer to your quiz?
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

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  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    San Diego...second largest city in CA...and the dealers here....well they leave a lot to be desired....image
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    I have to say that I am in general, disappointed with the dealers in California. I travel a lot for work and try to visit dealers all over the country. The majority of dealers I have been to in California (primarily southern Cal), have little or no inventory in type coins. A few that I have found might have type coins, but nothing above XF.

    Please note, this is a general statement. I do know of a couple of decent dealers with quality stuff in California.
  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    more money warmer weather

    where all the beautiful people are

    also much less conservative as to investments than back east so it is easier to sell coins as it is stocks and bonds

    people more open and free with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    usually more hedonistic places (california) are easier to sell more non traditional forms of wealth like rare coinage

  • MikeyMikey Posts: 477
    There are a lot of retirees in So Cal with disposable income and coins are a good investment for them. Northern Cal is not the same.
    When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    Its the cheese and the wine,we all know coin dealers like "WHINE"
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  • streeterstreeter Posts: 4,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    funny, I've been here for 50+ years and I've gotten the feeling that in the last 10-15 years a lot of wealth has left the state, never to return.
    Have a nice day
  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭
    It's the Golden State.

    Besides, when the Governor was caught grab assing women, he just said "I behalved badly".
  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Look on the bright side, when California falls into the ocean my coins are going to appreciate!
    Doug
  • JSssonJSsson Posts: 891 ✭
    I've noticed that California has many coin dealers, but how about Texas and Florida? It seems to me that Texas and Florida also have a lot of coin dealers as I noticed that many coin dealers have addresses in one of those two states.

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