Chesapeake Coin & Currency

Visit this coin shop; it’ll be worth it.

4 star review

Nice guy.

My husband and I shared moments with Mr.Miller many years ago when he was at the other location. Lost track of him then found again in a new location being much closer to see. Looked him up again..good to see once again and play catch up. Did business as usual then left Liked the new location. Good luck!

Awesome people Fair Honest and very knowledgeable!

Alan is very nice and gives good deals on coins. Also, bidding on coins is fun. -Jacob

First-time sellers BEWARE! I intended my first visit to Chesapeake Coin & Currency to be an information gathering session to help me assess my late father's currency collection. Instead I left having sold nearly everything for what I now know to be significantly lower than the tradable value. This is my own fault, I did very little research before going in, and allowed myself to be swept up in what seemed to be incredible offers. After finding a partial list of some of the more valuable coins and looking up just a few pieces online that evening I discovered that Chesapeake Coin & Currency made a sizable profit from my visit. Don't make the same mistakes I did. I ignored several red flags. 1) If things seem to be going too fast - walk away. When initially looking through my collection the owner said he might not be able to buy everything from me that day, which was fine because I wasn't really ready to sell. But the pace of the assessment picked up very rapidly, and I soon found most of my coins in a sorting machine, face values being read off, and an offer being made. I don't know what percentage of the day's spot silver value I was paid. I didn't leave much wiser about spotting rare coins and paper currency. 2) If there is no transparent list of items and how they are valued - walk away. Keeping a cryptic tally of the values is a red flag because it obscures what you are being paid for which items. I now know that the value of two 1899 black eagle silver certificate one dollar bills is more than double what I was paid. The margin is even higher on several 1900 -1920's coins. Again this is on me for not doing basic research. 3) Do not bring anything you are considering keeping for personal reasons on a trip to sell bulk coins. I got caught up and sold silver certificates that were wedding gifts to my grandparents from their parents. And 4) Don't make any guesses about the value of something. I really showed how much I didn't know, and it cost me.