Coin Buyers Serving Highland Park, TX

Gold, bullion and estate coins from Highland Park homes

Highland Park was planned around its parks. About a fifth of the original land was set aside as green space along Turtle Creek and around Exall Lake, and the town incorporated in 1913. Many early homes still stand beside newer ones built on the same lots. When a house here sells, the contents often have to be cleared on a tight schedule, and a coin collection can get lost in the rush.

Shopping here has a long history. Highland Park Village opened in 1931 and is often called the first shopping center of its kind in the country. Generations of residents bought fine jewelry there and downtown, and a lot of that gold comes to us when a jewelry box is finally sorted: 18K bracelets, signet rings, and charm bracelets hung with gold coins set in bezels. A coin mounted as jewelry usually loses its collector value, so we price those by gold content and explain why.

Park Cities households were early buyers once Americans could legally own gold bullion again at the end of 1974. We see Krugerrands, Mexican 50 peso pieces and Canadian Maple Leafs that went into a home safe in the late 1970s and never came out. A Krugerrand is 22K and holds one troy ounce of gold, and a Maple Leaf is 24K. Each one is read on the XRF screen and weighed on our state-inspected scale before we price it from live spot.

Older U.S. gold turns up as well, usually double eagles and smaller Liberty pieces handed down from grandparents who held them from the years before 1933. A $20 Liberty or Saint-Gaudens holds 0.9675 troy ounces of gold, but a better date in nice condition can bring well beyond that. We check date, mint mark and grade on each coin instead of lumping them together by weight.

Many Highland Park families with a large estate ask about a home appointment, so call to set one up, and we can sit at the kitchen table with the executor and any heirs who want to watch. Executors handling a Dallas County probate case can request our written appraisal, an item-by-item record of every coin and gold piece. With that list in hand, the heirs can split the estate or sell it while looking at the same numbers.