Coins are the reason this business exists — it's what Steve Sr. opened the doors with in 1982. Forty-four years later it's still the case we know best, and the one a professional dealer drives hundreds of miles to work twelve times a year.
Most places that "buy coins" are really buying metal — they'll weigh your silver and quote you melt. That's fine for a common-date Roosevelt. It's a disaster for a key date.
We're an authorized dealer for both PCGS and NGC, and Steve Foster Jr. sits on the board of the Fresno Numismatic Society. Which means when something in your box is genuinely scarce, somebody here recognises it — and tells you.
If a coin should be certified before it changes hands, or belongs at auction rather than across our counter, we'll say so and explain why. Walt Ankerman is a professional dealer who chooses to drive hundreds of miles here twelve times a year. That doesn't happen if you shade people.
Bring the album with the gaps. Bring the coffee can. People routinely bin the valuable piece and carefully carry in the worthless one — we'd rather look at everything than have you guess.
Raw coins you think might certify? We'll tell you honestly whether submission is worth the grading fee. Sometimes the answer is no, and that answer is free.
Coins have been on our loan list since 1996. If you need money now but don't want to let the collection go, a pawn loan against it is quick and confidential, and it never touches your credit report.
Albums, rolls, loose change jars, the lot. Unsorted is fine — preferred, actually.
Across the counter, under a loupe. Nothing leaves your sight at any point.
What's collectible, what's melt, what should be certified first, what to keep.
Take the number, borrow against it, or take it all home. Your call entirely.
For common-date silver, this board sets your baseline. For anything scarce, the coin is worth what the coin is worth — which is the entire reason to sell it to a numismatist instead of a scrap buyer.
Free verbal appraisal, no appointment, no obligation to sell a single coin. From the people who've been doing this in the Valley since 1982.
