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<p>[QUOTE="maldo_rc, post: 654974, member: 19964"]<font face="Times New Roman">Hi Mumbapuri.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The square, in Barcelona, is called “Plaza Real” in spanish (can be translated into “Royal Square”). It’s close to the popular “Ramblas” boulevard, and also close to the turistic harbour. Every sunday about twenty or thirty small dealers sell their coins, b/notes, stamps and some other collectibles, all range of prices. I use to buy spanish coins (1870 to 2000) from 5 to 20 euros, for example, or new 2 euros commemorative coins from European Union (paying 3 or 4 euros for each piece), or maybe a mongolian coin for 2 euros (I like this exotic coins, even when they're common), or common uncirculated and small coins at 0.60 euros each, well, they are some examples. You can find also more expensive coins: ancient roman, some gold (not many), a lot of silver coins, etc. They don’t usually sell by kg, just for single pieces.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I’ve been in my travels in many important european cities, but I’ve never found something similar (just single shops). </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I’m not optimistic in my hunting in NY, as you say, haha. I was already in NY some years ago and I was very lucky because I found a small dealer where I bought some old US coins to fill gaps in my world collection at very reasonable prices (a barber dime, a mercury dime, a buffalo nickel, a two cents coin from 1861, some common silver dollars, etc.), but I don’t remember the location. But that was my only success in that travel, I really thougth that I would find more coin stores as the one I say.</font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maldo_rc, post: 654974, member: 19964"][FONT=Times New Roman]Hi Mumbapuri.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]The square, in Barcelona, is called “Plaza Real” in spanish (can be translated into “Royal Square”). It’s close to the popular “Ramblas” boulevard, and also close to the turistic harbour. Every sunday about twenty or thirty small dealers sell their coins, b/notes, stamps and some other collectibles, all range of prices. I use to buy spanish coins (1870 to 2000) from 5 to 20 euros, for example, or new 2 euros commemorative coins from European Union (paying 3 or 4 euros for each piece), or maybe a mongolian coin for 2 euros (I like this exotic coins, even when they're common), or common uncirculated and small coins at 0.60 euros each, well, they are some examples. You can find also more expensive coins: ancient roman, some gold (not many), a lot of silver coins, etc. They don’t usually sell by kg, just for single pieces.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]I’ve been in my travels in many important european cities, but I’ve never found something similar (just single shops). [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]I’m not optimistic in my hunting in NY, as you say, haha. I was already in NY some years ago and I was very lucky because I found a small dealer where I bought some old US coins to fill gaps in my world collection at very reasonable prices (a barber dime, a mercury dime, a buffalo nickel, a two cents coin from 1861, some common silver dollars, etc.), but I don’t remember the location. But that was my only success in that travel, I really thougth that I would find more coin stores as the one I say.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/QUOTE]
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