Collectors & visitors
For shop visitors & collectors
Plain-English guides: visiting coin shops, collectible vs bullion investing, and the full path of physically owning gold and silver.
For collectors, heirs, and first-time visitors. Real-world notes from people who work a coin counter — not engagement bait.
Tools: mint marks & key-date pull lists
- Where is the mint mark? — diagrams by series
- Wheat cent key dates (no prices)
- Buffalo nickel key dates (no prices)
- Morgan dollar key dates (no prices)
Age vs rarity
Visiting shops & pricing reality
- First visit
- Knowing what you have
- Why apps & Google “worth” searches lie
- Tiny gold / use gold
- Red Book is not a buy list
- Why the offer felt low
Find dealers: CDXList.com · NumisQ Shops · NumisQ Learn.