Coin Buyers Serving Carrollton, TX

What Carrollton sellers bring us

Carrollton was a railroad town before it was a suburb. Two lines, the Katy and the Cotton Belt, crossed here in the late 1800s, and the farm town around them grew into an industrial one. The brick storefronts around the downtown square still date from those years, and DART trains now stop a short walk from the antique shops. Families who have been here since the square was the center of town tend to have the oldest coins we see from the city.

Those older households often kept money the way their parents did. We see Mercury dimes and Walking Liberty halves pulled from circulation in the 1950s, silver certificates tucked in a family Bible, and a few Morgan dollars that a grandparent got as change at a feed store or bank counter. Most of it is 90% silver and sells on weight. Now and then a better date or an O or CC mint mark hides in the pile, which is why we check each coin instead of pricing the jar.

Carrollton also has one of the largest Korean communities in Texas, centered on the shops and restaurants of Koreatown. Many Korean families keep pure gold rings given at a baby's first birthday, along with small gold bars and gold pieces received at weddings. These are usually 24K, and they are often weighed in don, the traditional unit of 3.75 grams. We test each piece with an XRF reader in front of you and convert the weight to grams and troy ounces so the math is easy to follow.

The neighborhoods north of Belt Line Road, off Josey Lane, Frankford Road and Rosemeade Parkway, filled with families in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Many of those first owners are now downsizing or passing their homes to their children. That is when the shoebox of proof sets and the coin folders from a son's Cub Scout years come out of the hall closet. Mint and proof sets from those decades are common, and we explain plainly which ones carry silver and which are worth close to face value.

A few practical notes for Carrollton sellers. Texas law has us record a driver's license or state ID for every seller, so tuck one in your wallet. Leave coins in their original holders, envelopes or bank rolls, and do not clean anything. If you have pure gold jewelry with Korean hallmarks, bring it as is; the stamp helps, but our reader confirms the metal either way.

Appointments run on weekdays by request. If the collection fills more than a couple of boxes, call to set up a home appointment instead.