Do any department stores still have coin and stamp departments?
Sep 18, 2014 — Yes, those coin and stamp departments leased the space from the department store and were independent operations. Back in the 1960s, the Gimbels stamp department, …
Woolworth Store memories....Coins in the case
Feb 19, 2005 — In Chicago in the mid-1950s, just about every downtown department store had both a coin and a stamp deprtment. The ones remembered are Marshall Field, Carsons, the …
Do You Remember Your First Purchases From a Coin Dealer?
Aug 9, 2015 — The first time I purchased coins from a professional coin dealer was just before Christmas 1964. My parents had planned a holiday trip to New York City and during that time I …
Showing My Age...But Did Anyone Else Ever Buy Coins at Macy's, …
Jun 9, 2011 — Way back into the mid 1960's , there was a classy department store in downtown Hartford Connecticut ,with ten or eleven floors . The mezzanine had a stamp and coin …
The First Chain Cent I Ever Saw — Collectors Universe
December 16, 2023 7:03PM. The first Chain Cent I saw was at the Gimbels Department Store coin counter in Philadelphia. They had graded it AG. It was in some ways better and some …
This is something I never saw in the 60's -Scan-O-Matic for coins
May 14, 2020 — Gimbels Department Store sold them in the 1960s. I was never a great roll searcher so I never bought one. ...
As a new collector, what was the first coin that you ever bought?
Jul 3, 2021 — Mine was a 1909 vdb, in G or VG. I paid 25 cents in a Federated Department Store when they had small a coin counter.
The 1894-S Ice Cream Cone Dime - Picture! — Collectors Universe
Jul 26, 2013 — With all due respect to the better grade examples of the 94-S, the Ice Cream Cone Dime is my favorite. I think that the story captures the imagination of all collectors and the …
Best Coin Shop Experience(s) — Collectors Universe
May 13, 2021 — I would have to say that it was a collective experience when I was young collector. The numismatists who maned the counter at Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia, PA …
WHAT HAPPNED TO COIN COLLECTING DURING THE GREAT …
Aug 16, 2017 — She was amazed when she saw gold coins openly offered for sale at the coin counter in Gimbels Department Store in New York City in the early 1960s. Retired dealer and …