Stamps and Coins

[CalvertCoin]

While searching for local stamp clubs I found a distinct lack of up to date info on both stamps and coins, so I joined up to try and fix that.

I am an active stamp and coin collector/dealer. We have had a space at the Chesapeake Market Place, 5015 St. Leonard Rd., St. Leonard, MD 20685 (Calvert County) for 30 years. It is open 5 days a week but we are only there on Sundays 11-5. We specialize in info, supplies and coins for beginners and intermediate collectors. We buy, sell, answer questions, or just happy to "talk shop". If you are coming any great distance, please call ahead to be sure we will be there, as we also do about 7 regional coin show per year. 410-586-3725

There is a very active local coin club, "St. Maries Coin Club" which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. With over 100 members, the monthly meetings are well attended and open to the public. We meet at VFW Post #2632, 23282 Three Notch Rd., California, MD 20619, MD 235 just north of MD 4 (St. Andrews Church Rd.) on the 2nd Wednesday of each month - 7-9 pm. more or less - feel free to come and check us out.

Stamps wise, no luck so far finding any organized group/club/shop or dealer in Southern Maryland. I have lots of inventory at home but none at the shop except by request. The stamp hobby is in a steep and prolonged decline as are the prices. I do buy both new and used, US and foreign stamps, but expect to be disappointed. Your best bet is to use them for postage if you can.

 

[RoseRed]

This is good to know. I had an extensive stamp collection that was m fathers. I gave it to a good friend of mine so he and his grandson could work it together. I do have some coins, but not nearly the amount of stamps.

 

[CalvertCoin]

I'm glad that it went to a good home instead of the landfill.

 

[RoseRed]

I'm glad that it went to a good home instead of the landfill.

I didn't want it to go there either. He filled a medium suitcase and two large boxes to take back with him. There were stamps from world wide back to mid-1800's from my great grandfather. It was pretty extensive.

 

[my-thyme]

I belonged to a stamp club here in St Mary's 40 yrs ago. It was a lot of fun.

Then I started having babies, and had other things to spend money on.

 

[CalvertCoin]

Being a responsible adult is so tedious. Better to be a child or retired. More time to play.

 

[bonehead1]

1893 Morgan is on my short list, but I am a skinflint. 300$ for a good example is rough.

 

[frequentflier]

 

[CalvertCoin]

Consider selling off some of your duplicates and stuff that no longer interests you to soften the blow of those key coins you really want. Ending up with more quality, less quantity and less stuff. WIN - WIN

 

[SandieGarry]

This is good to know. I had an extensive stamp collection that was m fathers. I gave it to a good friend of mine so he and his grandson could work it together. I do have some coins, but not nearly the amount of stamps.

I wondered what you did with that collection. Pretty good stuff.

 

[SandieGarry]

Perfect timing on this thread. I pulled my stamp collection out Sunday. I miss dabbling in it. I need to put the first 3 Duck stamps in it. I bought them a number of years ago and haven't mounted them yet.

 

[RoseRed]

I wondered what you did with that collection. Pretty good stuff.

Thanks!

 

[CalvertCoin]

I'm currently mounting my Vatican City stamps, 178 mounted and perhaps that many still to go.

 

[SandieGarry]

I'm currently mounting my Vatican City stamps, 178 mounted and perhaps that many still to go.

I do strictly US stuff. I did inherit a worldwide book from the 60's and early 70's. Unfortunately, most are improperly mounted.

 

[SandieGarry]

On a side note, I used to build and install museum exhibits. I loved them all but one of my favorites was the new Postal Museum in DC. It was a 6 month install, I made a lot of friends and got close to a lot of cool stamps. I had a blast.

 

[CalvertCoin]

The cost of decent worldwide albums has been the impossible hurtle for me for decades. But I finally found a solution, a guy who sells a CD with 50,000 PDF album pages on it - print the pages you need and skip the rest.

 

[frequentflier]

Mr. "CalvertCoin" and his wife are good people. I am a vendor and work occasionally at the Chesapeake Marketplace. Mark is fair and honest- a breath of fresh air from many coin and stamp dealers.

 

[CalvertCoin]

Thank you. And Southern Maryland is still a small place. Hoping that never changes.

 

[Kinnakeet]

1893 Morgan is on my short list, but I am a skinflint. 300$ for a good example is rough.

What mint that and the NGC rating are what price it fetches I have a collection of them the oldest being 1879 from the Orleans mint

 

[CalvertCoin]

NGC prices only apply to coins in NGC holders, and not to raw coins or coins in other grading service holders. Also, the grading is normally only about technical wear and not about eye appeal, as appeal varies from collector to collector. So prices are more fluid than they at first appear. The "O" mintmark on US coins is for New Orleans, Louisiana. Orleans is a city in France where hundreds of millions of French coins have been minted over several centuries.