Anytime he had to count multiple bills/coins, he always did it right in front of us, so we knew he wasn't skipping over a single piece. He also kept track of every single type of currency we gave to him, by writing the currency year, amount and quantity. Then he would write the current monetary value for said currency right next to the other details.
If it wouldn't have been for them contacting me, I honestly would not have even realized they owed me more. They could have easily kept that extra amount and not have even told me. I more than appreciate their honesty and the fact that they know they have a responsibility to their customers and truly uphold those standards. Now I wish I could give them a 20 star rating haha!
WORST experience with any coin dealer – ever! Went to S&W to sell a few coins graded by NGC and PCGS as 64, 65, and 66. All of the coins were blast white, and most of the coins had a green CAC (best of the best) grading in addition to their high NGC and PCGS grades. The store owner spent forever inspecting the front and back of each coin (twice!) with a loop before announcing that he didn’t agree with any of the grades and that he’d seen much better coins that were graded lower. I said that each coin had been graded by not one (NGC or PCGS), but two (including CAC) different independent professional grading organizations and that both had agreed the coins were elite specimens, so I didn’t understand why he was arguing the grade. He said he’d been doing this for 50 years and he knew better than the professional graders. He also added that he was both a PCGS (later learned not true) and NGC certified dealer and that he’d personally seen corruption within the grading services with dealers requiring a grade of “66 or nothing” when coins were submitted. Why would a dealer publicly impugn the reputation of a professional grading organization that he represents? And why would he beat up a customer about a coin’s grade when its quality was agreed upon by two different and independent professional grading organizations and the customer had nothing to do with the actual grading process? It would have been acceptable if he had just said he’d rather not buy the coins, but instead he went into a hostile diatribe on his personal disagreement with the existing coin grades and the corruption of grading organizations. This man should *never* be in a position to interact with customers with his arrogant and argumentative attitude. He is a detriment to coin collecting and he should be decertified as an NGC dealer pronto. Save yourself a headache and avoid S&W Coins.
He was very knowledgeable about every single coin/bill that we gave to him for exchange. If he wasn't sure about a piece, he'd pull out books and read through until he found a fair price. He even showed me that he was offering me more for a bill i was exchanging, than the book suggested, because he knew the book price was a little lower. I know he didn't try to cheat us out of money for the currency we brought in. If anything we had was damaged or not worth as much, he would show us or explain to us why it was worth less money. For example, one of my bills monetary value was $1.25, but he told me it wouldn't be worth anything because a previous owner/handler had written on it.
I didn't get to exchange all of the antique money that I brought in, because I didn't want to hold him up until after closing, but I know that when I do, I will be going back to this place HANDS DOWN. I know I am getting a very fair deal and the man we dealt with today was definitely the kind of expert that you need in a shop like that.
I'd give this place 10 stars if I could! My mom and I came into the store today (Monday June 12th) to exchange some antique money that we received from my great grandfather a few years back. We got there around 1:30 and we didn't end up leaving until about 4:00.
We had a lot of money to go through and it was just the one guy, Henry Wilson, working....AND he was having neck trouble. He had sorted out 100's of wheat pennies my mom had brought in and when he went to put them in the electronic counter, it jammed up! The poor guy had to count them all by hand. He just laughed about it and went about counting.
They are very knowledgeable about coins and offered me a good deal for my coins.
This place was awful and by that I mean the man running the shop. He was so RUDE and pompous. I spent over $65 in there and then he charged me extra for using a debit card and told me he would charge me more if I used my credit card. Horrible service, rude, rip off and the guy was complete jerk to Paying customer. I should of never purchased what I bought and dropped it on the counter and told him forget it cause of what a rude pompous prick he was. I will never ever give them any of my buisness again or refer anyone unless you want to be treated bad by some arrogant shop owner. Disgusting service!!!!
Great little coin shop in Gettysburg. Nicely roomed out and organized. Very polite imployes and very fair priced on paper money and coins. I would defineitly recomend this place if your in the area
UPDATE: After having exchanged my coins and being paid for them, I received a letter in the mail, stating that they actually owed me more money and to come back in. Upon my return, I came to find that the one sale paper had been misplaces that day I was in and it was found after I had left. They gave me a copy of the missing ticket and wrote me out a check for the money I should have gotten.
So whether you're out of town, out of state, out of country or have lived in the area your whole life, stop by this place for any of your currency questions or exchanges, or just stop in to check out the thousands of coins they have on display. They've also got civil war artifacts, foreign currency, jewelry and lots more!
S W Coins Llc is a US Jewelry Store based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. S W Coins Llc is located at 9 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA.
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