Coin and Gold Buyers Serving Wheat Ridge, CO

Before the subdivisions, Wheat Ridge was farm country, and for much of the 1900s its greenhouses grew so many carnations that the town called itself the Carnation Capital of the World. The Carnation Festival still carries the name each summer. A lot of the ranch houses along 38th Avenue, Kipling and Wadsworth were bought by people who stayed in them for fifty years or more, and some of those owners still remember the greenhouses.

Owners who stay that long tend to keep things, and coins are no exception. A Wheat Ridge estate can hold a coffee can of silver dimes, a drawer of Morgan and Peace dollars, a few proof sets and a jewelry box with a gold watch and a wedding set. Morgan dollars ran from 1878 to 1904 and in 1921, Peace dollars from 1921 to 1935, and each holds 0.7734 troy oz of silver. Date, mint mark and grade decide whether a dollar is worth its silver or more, and a 1921 Morgan with a D was struck at the Denver Mint.

Odd-looking coins come up often in estates like these, usually a penny or a quarter that someone set aside because it seemed strange. Most turn out to be damage or wear from decades in a jar. A genuine doubled die or off-center strike does bring more than face from collectors, so we look at each one with you and explain what we see, even when the answer is that the coin is ordinary. Bring those coins along in whatever envelope or holder they were kept in.

Children who grew up near Clear Creek and the old greenhouse fields now live all over the country, and many fly back to clear out a parent's house. A written, item-by-item offer lets everyone see the same list, whether one sibling is handling the sale or an executor or attorney is involved. Keep in mind that it is an offer to buy and does not replace a certified appraisal for court or tax purposes.

We work by appointment only, and the meeting place is set when you book. Ask about a home visit if the collection fills more than a box or two. Bring a photo ID to sell, and expect payment the same visit if you accept. Gold jewelry from the same house is sorted by karat and weighed while you watch.