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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1920821, member: 36248&quot;]Well I went to 7 different Orlando area coin shops.&nbsp; &nbsp; Two were absolutely horrendous, dark, scary, NO inventory, smoky, scary biker dudes running the places; they were obviously fronts for some sort of money laundering operation, as I had more pocket change than these &quot;coins shops&quot; had coins for sale.&nbsp;&nbsp; (the stores were related to one another).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Next place was mostly a low-end junk / jewelry store, but with some coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mostly bullion, junk silver.&nbsp; It was funny because the guy agreed to bring out all the slabbed coins he had when I asked but 70% of them were NGC problem coins that were &lt; $200, the rest were common date Peace and Morgans.&nbsp;&nbsp; Funny, as that was the high-end stuff under lock and key.&nbsp;&nbsp; The guy was nice enough and sold my wife a cheap ring, so it worked out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next place was more of a antique store but with some raw common date Peace, Morgan, Franklins, and bullion.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nothing there for me, but my son did like the swords and daggers they had.&nbsp;&nbsp; My wife simply said &quot;no.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Another store has plenty of inventory, nice people, and nice graded coins.&nbsp; I spent some time there and saw a nice CAC certified Pine Tree Shilling for $6000.&nbsp;&nbsp; Alas, they did not have a cheap CAC coin that I needed, but they did probably have 10 or so CAC coins for sale.&nbsp;&nbsp; You were locked out and locked in, and there was even a Sheriff in there, checking in and talking coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; This was the most professional place I saw, but it was still not the Coin Mecca I was expecting for such a large city.&nbsp; &nbsp; I visited some awesome comic books stores and CCG / gaming stores, which were great.&nbsp; Where are the great mega coin shops in Orlando?</p><p><br /></p><p>Next store was 90% camera store and 10%&nbsp; coins, mostly raw stuff and some low end graded Morgans and Peace, along with some coins in strange basement slabs.&nbsp; This was another shop that kept all the graded coins in the safe out back and I had to ask to see them.&nbsp;&nbsp; The guys was very nice, but had to meet my wife and only stayed maybe 15 minutes.&nbsp; The guys gave me a GREAT tip on the way out, which was to head t down the road to a store called &quot;Ancient Artifacts&quot; which he said would be good for my wife, my sons, and me!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>He was so right!&nbsp;&nbsp; A coin shop / rock shop / jewelry shop / artifact shop.&nbsp; &nbsp; We could have spent a lot more money and time there.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; My sons bought rocks and lose gems, and I held my first gold and silver ancient coins, including a very nice Owl.&nbsp;&nbsp; The guy and gal running the place were great with my wife , sons, mother, and me.&nbsp; I did not buy a coin but I was very tempted&nbsp; to buy my first ancient coin, raw even!&nbsp; Check this place out if you are near Orlando.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also called AU Capital Management and talked with the owner very briefly.&nbsp; The internet told me they had a retail store, but I was told that is longer the case, if ever.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up cheating and buying my &quot;Orlando Coin&quot; off eBay, so I can remember the trip with a special coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]329913[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]329915[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]329912[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]329914[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In summary, Orlando is lacking a major coin Mecca.&nbsp; &nbsp; Unless there is one, and I missed it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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