A real, physical, local coin shop.

Glass on every side

One customer put it better than we could. He wrote that Kansas Coin Connection is one of those places you just don’t see anymore: a real, physical, local coin shop. Walk in at 846 Illinois Street, Suite C, and the first thing you notice is glass. Display counters run through the room, and behind them a wall of wooden cases holds paper money from several countries. Nothing is tucked in a back room and nothing sits behind a screen. The inventory is on daily display, so you can look at a coin before you decide anything about it.

Dean owns the shop and works the counter. Forty years as a dealer means he has priced, bought and sold more coins than most people will ever see. Fifty years as a collector means he has also stood on the other side of the glass, hunting for the piece that fills a gap. Those are two different ways of looking at a coin, and the shop gets both of them. One reviewer called him very friendly and knowledgeable, and another noted that the store has become more organized.

What is in the cases

The shop sells gold and silver coins, silver dollars, sterling silver, wheat pennies and Indian cents, Buffalo nickels, proof sets, and coins certified by PCGS and NGC. One tall glass case holds US Mint silver proof sets, along with Marine Corps and wartime nickel sets. A wooden wall case carries Confederate and fractional currency and 1934 Hawaii overprint notes. Foreign paper money is there too, in styles and sizes you will not find at a bank. The full list of what Dean buys and sells is on the buy and sell page.

Bring it in as you found it

Most people arrive with a handful of something: a jar of silver from a parent, a few old notes from a drawer, a collection they never got around to sorting. Appraisals are free and informal, and you do not need an appointment on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Bring the pieces exactly as they are. Please do not clean or polish a coin first, because that can take away much of its collector value and it cannot be undone. Read how it works on the free appraisals page, then come in and let Dean take a look.

The shop dog and the regulars

A few reviewers mention the shop’s friendly dog before they mention anything else, which tells you something about the room. People come back to buy a little at a time, to sell a few pieces when prices move, or just to see what is new in the cases. You can read what they wrote on the reviews page. If you want to see something in person before you decide, that is exactly what the counter is for.