People really love their coins. They like to look at them and organize them for hours. I remember as a kid, shoveling snow in the winter and mowing grass in the summer and getting paid with coins(times are different now, Read more
The Breckenridge General Store recently met Mary, who had a very interesting story. Her mother started and owned the general store in Breckenridge, Colorado during the gold rush. Her mother saved every silver coin that came through er store, as Read more
Do you have sterling flatware that your not using? Have you had your flatware appraised? Could you or a family member use some extra money? These are just a few question to get you to think about the old sterling Read more
I’m sure it is important to most most people that they are treated fairly. No matter what the situation is, we want to make sure that we are getting a good deal. The expression of getting a fair shake is Read more
A very common term in the metals business is “junk silver”. Many people walk into the shop asking for our price on junk. Junk silver is Quarters, dimes and half dollars prior to 1965. There is a bit of a Read more
I get this question a lot. I didn’t open our company with the intention of being a pawn shop. I had no interest in dealing in used tools and stereo equipment. But there has been a change in my thinking. Read more
Think about it. What do give a significant other on a special occasion? At least some percentage of the time a person is compelled to give a piece of jewelry. A ring, necklace, watch, bracelet or pendant that signifies a Read more
Had a customer call in and inquire about the value of her half dollars. She didn’t have them in front of her, so she could not tell me the dates or any other details. I told her to gather them Read more
Had a guy come in to the shop with some silver dollars that he had recieved from his aunt when she died. There was a mixture of morgan and peace dollars. He also had some wheat pennies and 3 red Read more
I sat with a very nice lady yesterday as she told me about the coins that she had collected over the years. She had Eisenhower silver dollars, Kennedy half dollars and lots of other silver dimes and quraters that were Read more