Awesome Customer Service!! Very helpful and the staff was very friendly and I was very impressed by there knowledge of coin values and there willingness to help me! I would definitely go here if you are looking to sell you coins!! Great place!!

I have really no idea why the negative reviews are so prevalent here.I have never been talked down to from the owner or have had any rudeness. We normally have a conversation and chit chat whenever I would go there.The selection is incredible and he is a very knowledgeable guy.I’m not sure a lot of people know how business work that resell used items.You buy them for lower. And sell them for higher!! Crazy!!At the cost of having a convenient location to get coins at, knowledgeable staff, and tons of other little cliche items. Don’t have to pay shipping when you ship local!And honestly a lot of coin collectors in general, mostly ones with no experience or knowledge about coins, as well as well as the “my great grandpa gave these to me” folks overvalue their coins from looking the coins up on google and just see the highest price or price of extremely fine or uncirculated coins. and think that’s what their good or mint coins are worth.Like any business surrounding reselling collectibles or used products. They aren’t going to buy what they don’t need if the inventory is full on them!Think of it as a car lot, you have ten 2015 Ford rangers on the lot. You bought those for (for example) let’s say 2500 bucks. They aren’t selling even though they are reasonably priced. Even if it’s a little lower you can always adjust the price to meet supply and demand right?But if you lower it to the point you make 0 profit and they still sell slow. Would you buy another one as an owner? And in the off chance you did want to, you would probably point to the F150s and say “inventory on those is pretty full, can’t offer much. $1200.” If people think they are getting lowballed so bad why not just sell it themselves.Just food for thought.I’m not going to pretend like I’m a business owner myself, and I don’t mean to come off condescending, but for how many times I’ve chit chatted with the owner, and a few times in person. Everything was more than okay, friendly guy. I could NOT see him getting rude or giving a cold shoulder unless someone is over persistent about their coin prices to a man who’s entire business is coins.In my opinion hands down this is 100% the best coin shop I have ever personally been too. Some people might mistake him being upfront for rudeness. It’s a business, not just a place have coins come and go for what you paid for them.Either way though I can’t wait to go back there when I get a chance to again. I love making my money at face value into a lesser face value!I can’t vouch for silver prices but that isn’t my niche anyways. But as far as everything else I love this place.Knowledgeable, Honest, Clean, Upfront, Friendly, and many more outstanding qualities.

Good people, fair price for my items I sold. Great experience, will be back to buy a metal detector when they get some in again.

Probably decent place for buying, I didnt look around much in detail but it is a pretty nice store and large selection was present to fit the needs of most. I personally wouldnt recommend selling there as offers seem to be well below market value but doesnt hurt to ask.

I couldn’t believe how great this shop was I haven’t been to a lot of coin shops butAffordable Rare Coins is by far the best place I’ve seen . I will be going back for sure 😁

Knowledgeable staff and great customer service, I was pleasantly surprised, because the location of the shop looks a little rough but it is an amazing shop. Im truly glad I stopped by.

Nice store, polite people.

I stopped in today to show the owner Mike and old vintage bill that my dad had given me as a gift many years ago. Although I decided not to sell Ed I found Mike to be a very wonderful caring and honest person he took the time to show me a few things and educate me on the bills. In the future I would definitely go back to them also they so lots of different unique items that would make great gifts. Thank you Mike for a great experience

Took in $160 in silver coins and was offered $63. Went across town and was offered the melt value of $160. I would really shop around before trusting this establishment. Guy working the counter was pleasant enough as a good note.Wow... this guy never came out of his back room to inform us of his price. Silver prices dont fluctuate that much. Scam artist at best. Caution caution caution

Called ahead, told him we knew nothing about coins and asked if he could appraise them. Drove over an hour away. Acted like a jerk. Was rude, and acted like we were wasting his time. DON’T GO HERE!! Took the coins across town to Voecks’ Fox Valley Coin and Diamond. They were very nice and helpful and explained everything.

Rude on the phone for a simple question.

I’ve been to this coin store multiple times, I’m a regular there, and I love it. They always have a nice selection of US and world coins, bills, and supplies. Mike is a great guy to work with, along with the rest of the staff. I highly recommend this store.

Gave you 5 Star because I’m a business owner also. You were rude that’s why I hung up. Have great weekend!

Disappointed in the unprofessional service I received. The owner was very nice when I talked about 2 items I had to sell, and promised to get back in touch with me after making a few phone calls. But he never called back, and when I called him a week later, he made a low offer on my items. When I counter offered at a fair price that others had already offered me, he was rude with me and unhelpful. I would never consider doing business there again, and I have many other similar items to sell. Lesson learned!

Its a place to check out and they have some good stuff, but make sure you are getting what you think you are and check the price.

Very nice guy and I feel hes fair in his prices. If you collect coins. Its the place to go.

Great service, fair prices, very friendly staff.

I had a terrible experience at Affordable Rare Coins. I called and the owner Mike Johnson answered. I asked what he would pay for gold & silver scrap and he replied with a very attractive scrap price but when I went to his store he changed his tune. This is completely unacceptable and I do not recommend anyone going there if you have scrap gold or silver to sell. Ive never experienced such an unethical person and business in my life. Please do your research and find somewhere else to go (i.e. Avenue Jewelers, Richmond Resale, or Anthony Jewelers).

Great place to stop if youre looking for a good assortment of coins. Always love digging through the box of foreigns, never know what treasures you may find.

Always something I want from here. Sometimes gotta come in a lot cause they be having some cool ass silver coinsalso learned if you see something you want get it don’t wait till next time trust me cause when you come back to get that item you wanted it’s gone

Very knowable staff. Polite store clean and great deals.

Large selection, friendly service and very knowledgeable staff. And fair prices.

Owner was rude and I will never use again. He actually hung up on me when he didn’t hear what he wanted. They also install battery backup sump pumps and we had an emergency need and was NOT willing to help at all.

Ive been to this Store a few times, and every time Ive been in their, my experience has been great!I enjoy the talkin and yakin to the employees their, their very down to earth and make u feel at home.. They seem to have alot of great deals and a huge amount of coin supplies.. I totally recommend this place.. Stop in and enjoy!

I was offered $20 for over 3oz of silver in coins, including a Morgan silver dollar. I cant believe that anyone would try that hard to scam people. Worst place you could ever go.

Best place to buy coins. Mike is awesome

In response to some of the negative comments..I am from out of state but come to the Fox valley every year to visit family. While here I visit local coin shops looking for odds and ends for my collection and my brother visits this store every so often and converses with the owner about coins antiques or whatever. So they have some kind of ongoing business relationship.My impression of the place was that the prices seemed a little high and the selection was average. Floor space was unwisely used and lighting could be better. I attributed the higher prices to it being a brick and mortar store and not eBay. So the turn around on selling coins can be quite long due to limited exposureI collect silver coins, particularly pre1600 german saxony thalers which he had none of but that was expected since they are hard to find.As other Comments stated he seemed uppity and kind of short when questions were asked. I experienced this too when asking questions but I asked them any way. This only lead me to think he either he has very little knowledge of coins and my questions intimidated him or he was having a bad day. I am 46 years old but have over 40 years of experience and knowledge dealing with coin specifics so when I ask a question, they are quite technical and the terminology I use can make some feel uneasy.But either way I didnt let it affect the shopping experience because I have met 100s of coin dealers who were uppity or condescending when I asked excellent knowledgeable questions regarding their highest priced items all because when I bum around coin shopping, I usually wear rags and I do not look the part of a person who can drop a few thousand dollars on a coin purchase.Regarding the other posters comments about selling to him, that I cannot. Though I know my brother occasionally does and my brother I one cheap bastard and knows exactly what the value is before he sells and would not do business with someone if he didnt trust their business practices.Maybe the complainers are expecting red book value for their coins and are unaware that these price guides are created 2-5 years before the publish date which makes them absolutely useless. And if they are selling scrap gold/silver maybe they expect spot price which is ridiculous.But my overall impression was that the place was average...not the worst nor the best. I have been to unscrupulous coin dealers who would intentionally try to rip you off if they thought they could and these types of places suck. I on e was going to sell a very rare very worn silver double thaler for vacation cash. The coin was easily worth $800 retail and if auctioned on the right day could probably bring in $1200-1500. The guy pulled out one of his world coin guides found my coin in it and proceeded to subtly berate the coin as worthless and only worth scrap silver price. But he was willing to give me 1.5x silver value. To all the readers, that is a ripoff artist.But no I didnt get that impression from this place. yes he could be more cordial to the customers and if not sure of something dont BS just say so. If people are calling for quotes and think their being mislead, then be explicit and state during these types of calls that prices vary so greatly that he does not feel comfortable talking numbers sight unseen but that he is interested in their items.Inexperience in the business I probably the reason for the negatives being saidThere are a lot of people out their who expect full value for their junk and will complain to high heaven when they are told differently. so all comments posted should be taken with a grain of salt..

Top dollar for wheat pennies!! Nice store with lots of items! I will be back!

Most of the hate here is people who have the wrong facts. Pretty nice coins and nice deals!

This the coin shop i will tell all my freinds about the staff treated me like a person i will make sure to make it a point to go back more often the coins i needed they had thank you for your service

I had a good experience here...the junk silver was pretty fairly priced...but their proof coins were overpriced

Great place and great people

1901 barber blank mint, which is Philadelphia melt 1.00 missing the coin was fair to poor should have been at least $3 melt basic weight 1.10 basic any condition they not paid top dollar note 3.00 was value of the coin if giving melt weight value 1.10 if say 1.06 either way you did not melt the coin 66 % margin of mark up at your selling price Should split it with me at $1.50 50% margin 4 cent off melt weight either way I believe made 2.00 on the coin