Coins & Carats Jewelry and Coin Store — Local services in Kalispell

Cool looking store and very organized. I stopped in today to get rid of a couple duplicate Morgan Silver Dollars I've had from my Grandpa's collection. Surprisingly, and I admit I know very little about coins, I was told that my coins were practically worthless because they were cleaned? I again am not a numismatist, but I find just as many peer reviewed articles online that say to keep coins clean as I find that say don't clean coins? I guess I would like to know the answer for real to form a better opinion of this store. It is a fact though that all the coins for sale in this store and all the coin trade shows I have been too over the years with my Grandpa, everyones coins are clean and looking new. None have the "patina" that is supposedly so valuable. Just...

I've sold silver here, as well as utilized their silver and jewelry repair. Everything has been great! An antique sterling silver spoon I cherish was put through the garbage disposal and I was shocked at how great it came out after being repaired! I just lost a small diamond in my wedding ring and they repaired it quickly and beautifully. I told the owner I've been looking for silverware and she even brought some out, remembering I had inquired previously, for me to look through! I will continue to use...

I had a few coins that were worth a couple thousand dollars and they said that they were only worth 50 cents. Goin to a new place now and hoping I could get a decent deal. But the man was nice so that’s a plus at least. Afterwords I was extremely disappointed and I almost didn’t finish the call because I was almost crying. P.S. the coin was a 1936 buffalo nickel with 3 and 1 half legs and the man said that nobody has came in the store with one ever so he didn’t believe me. I...