Coin Buyers Serving Colleyville, TX

From country doctor's town to large-lot suburb

Colleyville began as a string of small farm settlements along the Cotton Belt rail line. One of them was called Bransford. In 1914, when a grocery opened near the home of a local country doctor, the community took his surname. He had served in the Union Army and settled here in 1880, and for years he treated families across the area.

The farm character lasted a long time. Even now Colleyville feels different from its neighbors: big lots, mature trees, horse properties on the edges, and homes set back from the road along Pleasant Run, Glade and Hall-Johnson. State Highway 26, called Colleyville Boulevard inside the city, cuts through the middle. Most children attend Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, and Colleyville Heritage High School sits inside the city.

Large lots and long ownership mean things stay put. A Colleyville family might live in one house for thirty years, and coins collect in the corners of it: a steel box in the barn, a gun safe in the garage, a dresser drawer of silver dollars. When those houses change hands, we often get the call. Heavy, mixed collections like that are worth sorting slowly, so we set aside enough time to look at every coin.

What turns up here varies, but a few things repeat. Rolls of pre-1965 quarters and halves bought from banks in the 1960s and 1970s. Gold Eagles and Krugerrands bought in the 1980s and 1990s. Mint and proof sets from every year a grandchild was born. Sterling silver flatware and a few gold rings and chains in the same box. We buy all of it, and we price each type its own way: collector coins by grade and demand, bullion by weight and spot, jewelry by tested karat.

Colleyville sellers who keep coins in a barn or detached garage should know that heat and humidity darken silver over time. That toning does not reduce metal content, so please do not polish anything before you bring it. If a coin has corrosion or green spots, leave that alone too and let us look.

Have a driver's license or state ID with you. We book weekday times on request, and when coins are spread through the house and outbuildings, call to set up a home appointment.