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Numismatics in the DC-Metro area...

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Alright, my uncle is big into numismatics. He's coming into town (I live in Maryland) and he would love to find a place where he could look at money, buy money, sell money, and good things like that.

I didn't even know the word numismatics existed until about 30 minutes ago, and I'm having a rather difficult time finding relevant information on Google. So, if you're into this kind of thing and know of anything going on in the DC-Metro area this week or next week, I would really appreciate it.

Alternatively, if you know of any places where you can buy and/or sell money, that would be great too. I'd like to take him somewhere where he could do this kind of thing, but I'll be damned if I can find anything that doesn't require a membership.

Thanks in advance, as always, for any and all assistance.
 
I knew people collected coins. I said I didn't know the word numismatics existed. Also, I think he's looking for paper money as well as coins. That said, my brain was stupiding and I couldn't think of what to look for (too caught up in that fancy new word). But your info is really helpful, WW.

Come on, everybody, chime in! I know there are more coin nerds out there. 😉
 
I was a coin nerd in middle school. 😉 I still have my collection and need to itemize it at some point.
 
Buy 500 lbs of wheat pennies off ebay and you guys can sit around for hours picking out key dates.
 
The Bureau of Printing and Engraving offers free tours (about 40 min. long) M-F. Get there at 9:00 or so to go on the first tour of the day. No tickets needed during the off-season (winter). There's a gift shop at the end of the tour where you can buy sheets of uncut currency and other assorted items.

Coins are NOT minted in D.C. - they're produced at the United States Mint facility in Denver, CO.
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
The Bureau of Printing and Engraving offers free tours (about 40 min. long) M-F. Get there at 9:00 or so to go on the first tour of the day. No tickets needed during the off-season (winter). There's a gift shop at the end of the tour where you can buy sheets of uncut currency and other assorted items.

Coins are NOT minted in D.C. - they're produced at the United States Mint facility in Denver, CO.
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and Philly

you can tell where a coin was minted by the mint mark by the date (D for Denver or P or nothing for Philly)...
 
I remember around Y2K, my family went to a coin collector's shop and bought about $10,000 of gold coins in case civilization collapsed during Y2K, because gold would still likely be valuable. It was a pretty well-stocked shop.

Dang. We sold all those coins at a loss of nearly $400 total, because we just couldn't wait until gold went up instead of down. :'(
 
Apparently, this is the study of coins, not the collection of it, if I'm not mistaken. But I guess a numismatist could also collect coins.
 
In common usage they mean the same thing. You're right though, technically a numismatist doesn't have to be a collector.
 
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