What's New at Telesphere Numismatics

Always a great selection of U.S. collector coins

New Offerings

More great collector coins are listed on this web site just about every week. Notable new offerings are included in our Highlights of Recent Additions page.

November 2009:

Discover card accepted

We are now able to accept orders charged to your Discover card, as well as to your Visa or MasterCard. Orders can also be charged to any of these three card types, or to your American Express card, by paying through PayPal or Google Checkout.

In addition, we've updated shopping cart checkout for credit card orders to allow you to request shipment to an address other than the cardholder's billing address. This feature makes it easier to have your order sent, for example, to your work address or to someone else as a gift (orders requesting shipment to an address that is not the cardholder's billing address will be reviewed on a case by case basis).

Whitman 3 pocket clear page currency album

Whitman 3 pocket clear page currency album

October 2009:

Over the years a number of customers have asked for a paper money album that allows viewing of both sides of notes stored in them. At long last such an album is available. In fact, there are two of them. Whitman's new clear page currency album with three pocket pages has 36 pockets large enough for large size U.S. currency (i.e. notes issued prior to 1928) and, of course, anything smaller. Whitman's new graded currency album has two pocket pages large enough for notes in holders used by the major paper money grading services. Two and three pocket clear pages, which can be used interchangeably between the two new albums, are also available separately.

September 2009:

We now offer Dansco coin albums, binders, pages and slipcases. Dansco's high quality products are made in the U.S.A. We have 50 different albums for U.S. coins series in stock and will be happy to order any others you may need. We also have in stock every size of blank binder and slipcase and a good selection of the most popular album/binder pages.

July 2009:

Telesphere Numismatics is now on Facebook, which we'll be using to make available info about new products and other updates and to get your feedback. Click our badge at left to visit our Facebook page. If you're a Facebook user and would like to automatically see the occasional notices we'll post appear on your Wall, request that we become a Facebook Friend.

October 2007:

Our new Product Search feature makes it easier than ever to find coins, notes, books and collecting supplies in our inventory.

Enter one or more words in the "Find" field at right. Select the appropriate "Product Type" from the pulldown menu, then click the "Search!" button to find matching products.

If Barber dime is typed in the Find box, all products that include the word Barber or the word dime will match. Enclose the phrase in quotes for an exact match on "Barber dime".

July 2007:

Google Checkout Acceptance Mark

Payments through Google Checkout are now accepted. When placing an order, click that option during checkout to pay for it with this convenient, secure and free service.

To enable this feature, shipping costs are now calculated as items are added to your shopping cart (previously an estimated shipping cost was shown and we determined the actual cost after receiving your order).

Also, if you choose to pay for your order through PayPal, you will now be taken directly to their web site as part of the checkout process (previously we sent an invoice by e-mail after determining the actual shipping cost).

April 2007:

Our web has moved to a new Internet domain: www.telecoins.com

Please take a moment to update our entry in your browser's Favorites (Internet Explorer) or Bookmarks (Firefox, Netscape, etc.). For more information about the move, please see our Press Release.

Whitman folder for Presidential Dollars February 2007:

This month, the first of a series of dollar coins honoring each of the deceased former Presidents of the United States was released by the U.S. Mint. Folders and Intercept Shield albums for the new Presidential dollars are now in stock. Since the Presidential dollars are the same size as Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea dollars, they fit in the same size coin tubes and individual holders.

September 2005:

Our name has changed from Chuck D'Ambra Coins to Telesphere Numismatics. The business remains owned by Chuck D'Ambra, who still personally handles all numismatic purchases and most other operations of the business.

As part of the name change, our web site design has been extensively updated. We hope you enjoy the new site!

September 2004:

Our state quarter listings have been completely re-organized. Singles and rolls of uncirculated coins and year sets of clad and silver proof coins are now on separate pages, to simplify the ordering process.

Whitman Coin Folder for Lincoln Cents January 2004:

Whitman coin folders are now available. These are the traditional blue folders that collectors have filled for decades.

April 2002:

More than 20 additional numismatic book titles have recently added to our book section. Some of the additional titles appear in three new categories:

Confederate Paper Money & Bonds
Collectors, Collections & Treasures
History & Art in Numismatics

Additionally, our prices for several previously available titles have been reduced. Many are now offered at 20% or more off the suggested retail price, and most of the others are discounted by at least 10%.

August 2001:

Visit our new Numismatic Supplies section. We carry a large selection of albums, holders, coin tubes, magnifiers, etc. for the collector. We are featuring Intercept Shield coin albums and holders. This new state of the art product provides "museum quality" protection for your coins. Each Intercept Shield product is offered at 20% or more below its suggested retail price!

April 2001:

We now accept order payments online via PayPal, the largest service of its kind.

Also, our return policy has been modified to allow for returns up to 30 days after you receive the merchandise (formerly 15 days).

February 2001:

We now offer an extensive selection of fine numismatic books covering topics in most areas of numismatics. Unlike our previous associate arrangement with an online bookseller, order processing is now handled through our own web site with the same convenient shopping cart and secure server used for coin and paper money orders.

November 1999:

Subscribe to our new e-mail newsletter! Messages sent about once a month will feature announcements of special offers and new purchases, updates at the web site, and news from the world of numismatics.

This e-mail list is strictly opt-in only. No one will be added without requesting it. To protect your privacy, subscriber info will not be available to anyone else.

July 1999:

Visit our new Customer Feedback page to see several comments received in e-mail from valued customers.

December 1998:

Our online ordering system now uses the Americart Shopping Cart service, which makes it possible to introduce these major improvements:

You may now select items from as many of our online order forms as you like, load them into your "shopping cart" and order them together via a single checkout.
You can easily adjust the quantity of items in your shopping cart (subject to availability) before checking out.
The shopping cart computes and displays the total amount of your purchase before your order is placed.
Checkout is available on Americart's secure web server - credit card account information can now be safely entered online.

Please see our revised How to Order page for further details.

June 1998:

Looking for information about a coin or other numismatic item or about the hobby of coin collecting? Visit our brand new Numismatic Information Directory. The directory is an index to all the numismatic information on this web site and has pointers to help you find answers to most any numismatic question.

By popular demand, we now offer a Special of the Month.

April 1998:

April marks the third anniversary of this web site! The Coin Collecting FAQ has just undergone a major update and re-organization. There is one new topic - how to remove coins from slabs.

September 1997:

Chuck D'Ambra Coins now accepts Visa and Mastercard payments. Checkout is handled by a secure web server. Your credit card number and other personal info is encrypted for safe transmission.

May 1997:

Scanned images of more current offerings are now online! See the Complete Online Catalog for links to the images. We plan to eventually have scans for all coins priced above $200.

Also this month, the Coin Collecting FAQ has been updated, including a new topic with more detailed info about numismatic discussion groups on the Internet.

April 1997:

Chuck D'Ambra Coins celebrates the second anniversary of our Web site (one of the first coin dealer web sites) with a major redesign. The upgrade makes our site easier than ever to navigate.

March 1997:

By popular demand, detailed information about scanning coins is now available!