Coin Gallery

We sold old coins and gold jewelry to Coin Gallery. Employee Tim Forsyth assisted us with this sale. He was very knowledgeable. We researched the current price of gold and the value of the coins prior to visiting the store and his assessment of the selling value fit in closely with what we expected. The transaction went nicely and were very satisfied with the purchase of our items. We would recommend doing business with at this business.

After reading other reviews, I went into Coin Gallery with a sample of coins that my dad had collected, for appraisal. Tim was very helpful, and very quickly advised of values. Since I had only taken a sample of dad's coins, said I would return with complete collection. Couple weeks later I did return with all the coins, and again Tim was very helpful and again very quickly looked at everything, gave me info on all the coins, values and those with no real value. In about an hour he had looked at everything, and advised what he would purchase the coins for and I was thrilled. I did end up keeping a few coins that were a bit more valuable, but Tim did purchase the rest. I think the value was very fair and the process very easy. Plan on returning when gold and silver prices go up to possibly sell the coins we did keep. Thanks.

I got a reference for Coin Gallery (and Richard the owner) from a friend who has done business with them for 30 years. Before going, I had spent a lot of time looking through eBay auctions to see what old coins (e.g. Morgan silver dollars) were going for. There were also some gold rings mom wanted me to sell but I could find nothing similar being sold on eBay. But for the coins I averaged out prices and came with what I figured I could get auctioning them off (call it $X). This would of course involve all the supporting activities like taking pictures, posting several auctions, waiting, doing the shipping etc.

So I drove to Coin Gallery to get their estimate on the coins and other items. Richard was on the phone for awhile so I waited for him as I had wanted to mention my friend who referred me; there were several other people available to help but they politely allowed me to wait for Richard. During my wait I perused the cases and looked at all the coins (antique and collectible) and other items for sale, lots of items available as possible gifts if I had collector friends. Richard did help me personally which was great, he is nice and no one in the store is pressuring or comes off as superior in any way.

It only took a few minutes to assess my items, and his price to buy my coins was within five dollars of $X. So I jumped at that, the time savings alone being tremendous. The big surprise was the rings though, which neither mom nor I had known anything about, those were worth about 2-3 times $X (the coin price)! Richard also offered check or cash, which was great although I don't like to carry a lot of cash so I took the check and deposited it right away.

All in all dealing with Richard at the Coin Gallery was a painless and pleasant experience with a nice payoff at the end. For my first time selling coins or gold, I did not feel leery when it was over or wonder if I got scammed, I felt confident I got a fair deal and would certainly go there again or recommend their services to others in future.