Street Vendor Coin Shopping

Went walking around NYC for fun and I stumbled upon a street vendor selling coins. The vendor is a local book vendor but sells other stuff too, although that is illegal. He had one table with coins and coin related items.

For those of you not familiar with NYC vendor laws I will summarize. You do not need a permit or any special permissions to sell books or any written material. That said you need to obey all vendor laws and also not sell anything else. If you break these rules the cops will seize everything.

Now back to the illegal coins.

On sale was first day covers in envelopes, colorized coins, a canceled die, pre-1940 cents and nickels, many single proofs, and silver dollars. All prices were exactly the same as Red Book values. For example a fine 1908 cent is $4.00 and a very fine 1923 cent is $2.00. All the silver dollars were $40.00, silver halves were $15.00 each.

I did not buy anything but I may be back just to get album fillers. While these coins have grades on them they are not exact and when buying expect them to be a grade or two lower. What you will not find is an amazing undiscovered million dollar coin, this guy knows what he is selling.