The Gilder Shop Rare Coins

Ethan Rampersaud

Excellent and friendly guy at the store, great selection of coins. Came in for a Booker-Washington Carver half-dollar, got it for a fair price, also got a simple clad Northern Mariana quarter to complete my first collection! Thanks a ton, and I hope to come back soon!

Chessmaster Pawn

Been in the coin biz for over 20 years and this is the type of shop we all know and love. Packed with coins and related objects wall to wall. More coin boxes to go through than you have hours, what a wonderful experience. Friendly knowledgeable service. This is not a gold buy place this is a real coin shop that the novice to the serious collector will fall in love with.

Brian English

I helped my aunt sell my uncles coin collection in Ohio and here in Tampa we both wish we had come to Gilder Shop first. This coin store was a great shopping experience. Everyone we spoke with here took the time to explain things and was very helpful. I now know a local coin store I can come to for good advice and reliable helpful answers.

John QPublic

Okay, so I went in to the Gilder Coin shop the other day after calling and inquiring of their interest in certain items of which I may be willing to sell or have sold to them. These items are a series of very nice and rare stamps which, upon explaining to the gentleman over the phone , he expressed an interest in seeing and instructed me to come on in on the weekend when the "stamp guy" is there. I do this and basically I get told that what I have is very nice and that's about it. After asking for a tentative offer as the owner was not in that weekend, I was told that my items were worth somewhat in the ballpark of what I expected to realize. However, I was told that there was insufficient money or authorization to spend that amount of money, since the boss was out of town and that I should come on back the following Monday. I did this and was then told by the owner that he was not interested due to the poor market for stamps at this time and the fact, as he states it anyway, that the items I was considering for sale did not have a good market at this time (although I have been following hundreds of auctions online for the same material which have been successfully sold at great prices) and that while it was very nice he would have to pass at this time. He did say that if I would have come in 10 years ago I could have got a very good amount for what I had! 10 years ago! Well, despite my being slightly annoyed to have traveled for no reason after having been led to believe that they had a genuine interest in making me an offer if I came in for the second time, I still thought the man was nice and helpful in his own kind of unhelpful way. This kind of thing just leaves me wondering why Stamp and Coin shops label themselves as such if they are not going to make offers or buy stamps. Who knows. Overall though I give this business a good rating because despite the feeling of being led along, they still were very nice and interested in what I was offering and polite in declining to make an offer.I have a feeling that they didn't make an offer due to the size of investment it would have taken to acquire what I had (around $10k) and the feeling they may have had of how long it would take them to sell it. Who knows? If your selling stamps though I would suggest you find a better place, but if you have coins, they are nice and willing to take the time to work with you. However, as with any of this business, make sure you are well informed because, as I have seen, the world of collectors isn't always filled with honesty and integrity, as some of the other reviews of this business suggest. Also, while you are looking for a place in Tampa for coins, I WOULD suggest A VILLAGE STAMP & COIN. You will get your money's worth and get a right value.