Do NOT clean or polish your coins in any way.
It may reduce their value by half or more.

As one of the leading coin and paper money collecting sites on the Internet, Telesphere Numismatics is always interested in buying coin and paper money collections.  We are a strong buyer of collectable coins and paper money issued under the authority of the United States government, including silver dollars (dated 1935 and earlier), gold, proof and mint sets, commemoratives, National bank notes, large size paper money and more.

Because we specialize in U.S. coins and paper money, we generally buy medals, tokens and foreign money only as part of collections consisting primarily of U.S. government issued coins and/or currency (for other types of collections, we suggest you contact someone who specializes in that material.)

Please note that we only make purchases from sellers within the United States.

Collector Coins and Paper Money

Because the value of collectibles often varies dramatically with condition, we cannot make an offer before examining coins and notes that may have significant collector value. Please see the Coin Collecting FAQ for a more detailed explanation.

We have been buying collectable coins and paper money over the Internet since 1993. We don't operate a physical coin shop and therefore rely on purchases from collectors and persons who have inherited or been give collections to satisfy much of the demand from our large base of customers. Not having the overhead of a physical shop enables us to make more competitive offers, and they're nearly always accepted. In the rare case that a seller is not satisfied with our offer, the items are returned at our expense.

Bullion Coins

At this time we are not buying coins with value determined primarily by the precious metal they contain (gold bullion coins, "junk silver", etc.), other than American Silver Eagles. However, we will pay fair market value for any bullion coins that are part of a larger collection.

To sell your coins...

We're looking to purchase significant collections of U.S. coins and paper money. The items you're selling should have a total value of at least $100 (thus, we don't want a small number of Indian cents, wheat pennies, Buffalo nickels, etc. with the exception of the few key dates in those series). We request that you contact us before shipping anything. Send an e-mail to contact@telecoins.com or give us a call between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time at 303-681-2261. We would appreciate a brief description of what you have for sale, your estimate of the total value, where (which state) you're located, and how you acquired the items for sale (e.g. you personally collected them, inherited them, found them or are assisting someone else who owns them).

A meeting may be arranged, if the value of the collection warrants travel, particularly if you're in the state of Colorado. Otherwise, we'll ask you to mail the items for sale to the following address:

Telesphere
P.O. Box 546
Larkspur, Colorado 80118

Ship with confidence! Telesphere Numismatics is owned and operated by Chuck D'Ambra, who is a member in good standing of the American Numismatic Association (R-1164251). Want to see what our customers have to say? Several comments from our customers our available on our feedback page. If you still have reservations about sending coins by mail, we suggest starting with a small initial shipment.