Belvidere Collectible Coins — Local services in Bonus Township

I literally went in there to check the temperature of the location. Read the Google reviews and from what I read, this guy was the man to check out for his expertise on coin collecting.

Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed.

I came in there with a tube of coins to see if the reviews held true. I walked in waited a couple of minutes, not long and said “Hey. I was told you were the guy to come to if I want to see if my coins are worth a damn.” He responded, well let’s see what you have. Very cool dude to say the least, I have no problem with him personally.

He continues before opening the plastic tube of coins saying quote “We are usually looking for things like gold and silver in the coin… war coins, Indian head pennies, buffalo nickels, etc.,..

I had none of those. But I was quite surprised to see how quickly he scanned through my coins and didn’t notice the “1970 S mint double died” penny in the bunch and proceeded to say “These coins have no value.” Now…. Maybe he was in a rush or maybe I didn’t look the part of a coin collector because I dress quite urban and have dreadlocks but I was baffled that he didn’t catch that or didn’t have time to see the penny. I told him about the bicentennial quarters I had as well. I didn’t pull those out because he was so disinterested in the bunch that I presented to him that he automatically dismissed anything I had to show him next.

That’s fine. I was just seeing if he would catch that penny and how good of an eye he had for these coins. There was also a “1965 D mint dime” with a missing “W” in the “ In God “We” trust part of the dime.

A double died 1977 nickel and the 1955 penny which he caught strangely but didn’t bat an eye at that one.

I think it has more to do with having “SUPER RARITY” in his eyes and gold and silver which skews his view on what’s valuable or not. I wish he and I would’ve sat down and really looked at what I had.

Either way. It is a VERY NICE establishment and I wish him nothing but the best.

I even bought a red sleeved silver In bicentennial...

Very poor value for buying and selling of coins. When selling your coin to them, they under rate the grade of the coin and give you lowest possible price. Say that they find the gray sheet says a coin is worth $120, they offer $85, but would sell the coin for $130: greedy. They also miss significant details of coins by not recognizing the mint where the coin was made: all for the sake of paying less for the coin. They also slam competitors. I won't go back to this business. While it is true that I submitted a coin that I now know to be a counterfeit, I did not know at the time that it was counterfeit. I naively have trusted other coin dealers, who have sold me some coins that are counterfeit. His offered price of the coins was so pathetic, I declined to sell any of my coins to him, nor did I submit any more coins to him, as I decided he wasn't a dealer that I wanted to do business with. Especially when he's offering to buy coins that are either uncirculated or almost uncirculated. I have since marked the coins as fake that I...

While on a trip from Atlanta I decided to stop by and see if I could fill in a few holes in my collection. Man, I wasn't disappointed. When I first arrived the coin selection looked decent, if a little small. I though I'd look around and make a short go of it until the guy behind the counter asked me, specifically, what I was looking for. We went through a few different coin types and every time he pulled out a LOT of coins from under the counter. The selection was only limited by the $$$ I wanted to spend. I don't know about the other aspects of the store (jewelry, bullion) but the coins are on point, the prices more than fair and I will be back whenever I'm in the area. EDIT: Now that I'm back in Atlanta I'm able to get a better look at the coins as well as my price guide. The prices I paid were outstanding. The owner checked the price guide for each coin and decides to give me great pricing on every. Single....