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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 6688739, member: 12789"]The LCS in my burg changed ownership from someone who wanted to retire after some 50 years in the biz to someone from out of town that turned it into nothing more than a pawnshop with overpriced but common coins. I'd never go there for coins, but awhile back I went in looking for holders for some Russian 5 kopek coins from the 18th century. Dealer wasn't even willing to look for holders, I left.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you know - Yelp comments are a thing - and I leave them for coin dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast, just before the pandemic my wife and I were in Indianapolis on biz and I happened upon a coin shop that I had heard about here on the forums. Nice clean coin shop, organized - curiously next to a beauty salon. But staff were plenty and quite helpful - I sorted through junk bins, through piles of paper money and left with nice Mexican Cuauhtémoc 5 pesos, some Canadian silver, several various scarce silver certificates and an oh so rare Cuban coin.[ATTACH=full]1270029[/ATTACH] </p><p>The at spot Cuauhtémoc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 6688739, member: 12789"]The LCS in my burg changed ownership from someone who wanted to retire after some 50 years in the biz to someone from out of town that turned it into nothing more than a pawnshop with overpriced but common coins. I'd never go there for coins, but awhile back I went in looking for holders for some Russian 5 kopek coins from the 18th century. Dealer wasn't even willing to look for holders, I left. And you know - Yelp comments are a thing - and I leave them for coin dealers. In contrast, just before the pandemic my wife and I were in Indianapolis on biz and I happened upon a coin shop that I had heard about here on the forums. Nice clean coin shop, organized - curiously next to a beauty salon. But staff were plenty and quite helpful - I sorted through junk bins, through piles of paper money and left with nice Mexican Cuauhtémoc 5 pesos, some Canadian silver, several various scarce silver certificates and an oh so rare Cuban coin.[ATTACH=full]1270029[/ATTACH] The at spot Cuauhtémoc.[/QUOTE]
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