Before you drive over

Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. Saturday and Sunday are by appointment: call 910-520-4708 and we will arrange a time.

6317 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28405, on Market Street, with parking at the door.

Not on a weekday. Walk in any time between 9:00am and 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. Weekends are by appointment.

Yes. That is the most common way people arrive. You do not need to identify, sort, research or price anything first.

No. Cleaning a collectible coin almost always reduces what it is worth and it cannot be undone. The same goes for flattening, taping or trimming paper currency.

Not reliably. Condition drives a great deal of collectible value and it has to be seen in person. A phone call is still useful for deciding whether to make the trip.

No. Values move with the market and with the condition and rarity of the individual piece, so quoting a number here would be misleading.

Coins, paper currency, gold and silver in most forms, and mixed or inherited lots. If you are unsure whether something fits, call and describe it.

It depends on what is in it, which is a conversation to have once we have both looked. Sets and runs are sometimes worth more intact.

No. Plenty of people come in to understand what they have and leave with all of it.

The material itself, in whatever it is stored in, plus any original albums, envelopes, packaging or handwritten notes that came with it.

Ask when you call to arrange your visit, so there are no surprises either way.

Third-party grading is done by grading services, not by a shop. What you can get here is an opinion on whether submitting a particular coin is worth the cost.

That is not a question a coin shop should be answering. We buy and sell metal and collectibles; questions about what belongs in your finances are for a licensed financial adviser.

It means material valued on its metal content, such as broken gold jewelry, dental gold or sterling, can be refined rather than only resold. It is on the sign outside.

Yes, including broken chains, single earrings and pieces nobody wants to wear. There is a we buy gold jewelry sign at the curb for exactly that reason.

Yes. If something in the case appeals more than the cash, it can be worked as a trade.

Yes, written appraisals for scheduling a collection on a policy, which is a separate job from buying it.

Yes, when a collection is too large, too heavy or too scattered to bring in. Call 910-520-4708 and describe roughly what there is.

Sorting an accumulation into what is collectible, what is metal, what is ordinary and what is not worth keeping. It is often the step that makes everything else possible.

The building at 6317 Market Street is fronted by a large Window Ninjas sign, which is a neighboring business. Turn in there anyway. Our entrance is the glass corner unit with 6317 on the window, and there is a Cindi and Nick Coin Shop sign in the glass.

Customers come in from across New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender and Onslow counties. The shop is on Market Street in Wilmington.