Who here buys coins from Walmart

I'm sure this is some drop ship thing, but found it amusing.


Can I get a price check for the ancients aisle...
Even sadder is this coin sold for $900 at Heritage. It is a scarcer ruler but I don't think it's worth what it even sold for at Heritage.

Next time you order chips or a tv, throw in a Tetradrachm too!

 

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I would not buy anything at Walmart I went there once looking for a deal on lawn herbicides (2-4-D) stuff was way overpriced and diluted. Never went back again.

 

Love Walmart, not for coins though.

 

Wal-Mart for coins? Now that is crazy. Won't be shopping for coins there anytime soon.

 

yeah sure, that is where I get all of my Chinese coins

 

I'm a Smelly Walmart shopper, just not for coins!

As a kid years ago, I remember Woolworth's or JC Penny use to have a small coin section of coins in glass cabinets in the back of the stores.

 

Were have all the checkers gone there... I use the self check the other day and I grab two or three bags they were stuck together and a Walmart person came and said"you took too many bags there" I said well guess there should have been checker then.. left the bags laying on puter. no wally world for me..

 

I remember Woolworths, W.T. Grant & Ben Franklin stores doing this for awhile. It was an add on for selling collecting supplies to get you started.

 

wow Walmart sells coins LOL!

 

If delivery is not available and pickup is not available, how exactly does one obtain the coin?

 

From the listing (the screen shot in the OP cut off this part or perhaps not visible on the mobile app screen): sold and shipped by APMEX. APMEX has been testing the waters with ancient coins.

 

I'm in a few other groups where I have seen people fall for the Walmart coins. Most are horrible replicas, think most recent was a gentleman who's son bought him a silver eagle. Rev was wrong with the mint mark off kilter. Just some bad stuff all around.

 

Walmart wants to be an online marketplace in competition with Amazon and eBay. I don't see anybody toppling Amazon any time soon, but Walmart would stand a better chance than anybody. I don't see how eBay gets out of this alive.

Meanwhile, though, it is odd to see APMEX stuff on walmart.com.

 

I haven't been to a Wal-Mart in 2 years and buying a coin from them is the last place I'd be looking.

 

Yeah, with sixbid who needs e-bay/ walmart! You have great ancient auction sites like...
Ars Classica
CNG
Kunker
Roma
Gorny & Mosch
Morton & Eden
Heritage
Stacks
Leu
Maison Palombo
Rauch
Numismatika Genevensis

All have high quality. geniune coins no need to worry about fakes from Bulgaria

 

The fact we are discussing this is boosting the word-of-mouth awareness, search words, and free advertising associating Walmart with coins as well as Ancients.

Welcome to the world of Big Retail.

 

I like Walmart when I head down south with the RV.......most let you park overnight (outer limits) and it's a good place to re-supply.

 

yup, and they are treating them like modern commodities where each slab grade is seen as the same quality and fit into a rigid price structure as such. Only if they knew....

 

I haven't caught the Walmart coin bug, but this thing has occupied several thoughts.

 

Dangit WHY DID THEY DISCONTINUE THE 2-INCH VERSION