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Las Vegas coin shop recommendations?

ponderitponderit Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Any help would be appreciated. I'll be in the area soon and would like the names of a few trusted shops.
Thanks much...
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  • ponderitponderit Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trying again with a bump,
    Thanks
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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Go by Sahara Coins if you get the chance. I don't know them very well but they have a really cool looking shop.
    Larry

  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Allgood Coin, St George, UT a beautiful 1:45 north on I-15. image
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  • stevkcstevkc Posts: 166
    Gold and Silver Pawn Shop. There's a bald buy, an old guy, a fat guy and a doofus. Try to deal with the doofus.
  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I went to just about all of the Vegas coin shops a few years ago. There is really nothing worthwhile IMO. The only good deals I got were from a local coin show that happened to be going on when I was there. Sarhara Coins is a nice shop, but they charge full retail and will not budge on their prices, at least that was my experience.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hmmmm, no recomendations from those that live there? Not AuandAg, Bestclser1 or Lasvegasteddy?

    bobimage
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,617 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Gold and Silver Pawn Shop. There's a bald buy, an old guy, a fat guy and a doofus. Try to deal with the doofus. >>



    image

    If you are talking about the "Pawn Stars" you will never see them working the counter at the shop. They have become too famous and draw too much attention when they appear.

    As for the coin buys there, I thought that the prices were high when I looked a the coins they were offering.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,623 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Allgood Coin, St George, UT a beautiful 1:45 north on I-15. image >>



    are they still open? the web site is down. what is the street address? there appears to be two?
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I went to just about all of the Vegas coin shops a few years ago. There is really nothing worthwhile IMO. The only good deals I got were from a local coin show that happened to be going on when I was there. Sarhara Coins is a nice shop, but they charge full retail and will not budge on their prices, at least that was my experience. >>



    That maps with my experience to a "T".
    I got lucky once and my visit coincided with a coin show I didn't know about. Great show and it was at that show that I met Charmy in person.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
    Lived in Vegas for MANY years, now live elsewhere. And I have not seen a decent coin shop there aside from Sahara Coins.

    But as others have said, Sahara does NOT budge on their coins and they are at FULL retail. But, if you want it (a widget to something fairly rare) then they most likely have it.

    The shop istelf is a treat to behold, the floors (as you enter) have coins inlaid, they have a neat old safe, and lots of stuff to look at. It is worth a trip just to see it even if you dont buy.


    Aside from Sahara Coins there are two others that I will go to, American Coins is mostly an EBAY shop and they dont have much to look at. Fremont Coins you have to ask for what you want to see and IF he feels like getting it for you, there is a good chance he has it. Otherwise there is not much to look at there.


    Good luck!

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  • ponderitponderit Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to all... looks like a few extra bucks will ba available for the craps table.
    Everybody have a great weekend and remember, life is short, enjoy every day....
    Bill
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  • WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    I spend a lot of time in Las Vegas (people who know me know why) and surprisingly the Las Vegas area is one of the worst places for coin shop hunting. There aren't shops worth making special visits to. You might find a few things pounding around various pawn shops but don't expect to find many steals.
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  • LVGTLVGT Posts: 503 ✭
    I live in Las Vegas. Sahara Coins is the largest, but the prices make me sick.
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Allgood Coin, St George, UT a beautiful 1:45 north on I-15. image >>



    are they still open? the web site is down. what is the street address? there appears to be two? >>



    Corner of Bluff and Sunset, upstairs. Then have a shrimp and mango taco at Bajio across the parking lot. image
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Our biggest Pawn store is a chain and all coins that come in go to the head office and are not
    sold in the stores. Then they are offered to Sahara Coins in bulk. Tried to get in on that business
    years ago and it did not happen. They are pleased with their relationship, it seems.

    bobimage
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  • bestclser1bestclser1 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Our biggest Pawn store is a chain and all coins that come in go to the head office and are not
    sold in the stores. Then they are offered to Sahara Coins in bulk. Tried to get in on that business
    years ago and it did not happen. They are pleased with their relationship, it seems.

    bobimage >>

    image
    Great coins are not cheap,and cheap coins are not great!
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,029 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Gold and Silver Pawn Shop. There's a bald buy, an old guy, a fat guy and a doofus. Try to deal with the doofus. >>



    That's funny as hell, but you'll be lucky to even see those guy's....
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

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