Coin Buyers Serving Norristown, PA

Norristown is the Montgomery County seat, and its courthouse on Swede Street sees a steady flow of family business. Executors settling a parent's affairs often call us in those same weeks to find out what a coin collection is worth before the estate is divided.

The borough grew as a mill town along the Schuylkill River, and its brick rowhouses and twins on the hills above Main Street were home to generations of working families, with a large Italian American community among them. Collections from those homes were usually built from pocket change one coin at a time. Wheat cents in cardboard folders, Mercury dimes, Buffalo nickels and silver quarters saved before 1965 are the usual contents, and a few better dates tend to hide among the common ones. Homes in Bridgeport, Conshohocken and Plymouth Meeting give us much the same mix. Silver certificates also turn up in old wallets. They are redeemable only at face value today, though star notes and crisp ones can bring more from collectors.

Across the river, King of Prussia grew up around the Pennsylvania Turnpike and its big mall, with neighborhoods built from the 1950s on. Valley Forge, where the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777 to 1778, sits at its edge. From King of Prussia and the rest of Upper Merion we often see modern coins and bullion: Silver Eagles bought one a year since 1986, Gold Eagles, Mint proof sets and silver bars from the 1980s.

Silver dollars show up in nearly every part of central Montgomery County. A Morgan or Peace dollar holds 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, so it is never worth less than its metal, and a Carson City Morgan, a better date or a high grade can bring much more. We check the date and mint mark on every dollar before it goes on the scale, and we write the collector coins and the melt coins on separate lines.

Nobody has to watch you carry a box of coins through a door. Book a time and we will agree on a private meeting place with you. If the collection is large or part of an estate, ask about a home visit. Bring a government-issued photo ID if you plan to sell.