Frequently Asked Questions

Coin Shop Mall is a directory of coin and paper money dealers and other numismatic companies or companies that serve the numismatic hobby.

No, it’s free to claim your business’s listing and edit your listing. It’s also free to search and browse the directory, of course.

We may receive some small amount of revenue from affiliate links. We also sell advertising space, but our core commitment is that the directory will always remain free both for businesses and visitors browsing the site.

We ask business owners to verify their ownership. First, go to the Contact Form and select “Claiming My Listing” as the subject. Enter the name of the business you are claiming, and we will get in touch with the business to verify that the request is legitimate. Assuming everything checks out, you’ll receive an email that will allow you to choose a password, log into the site and edit your listing.

Business owners are encouraged to come back and edit/update their profile every week and advertise their very best deal. We call it the One-Shot, because you get “one shot” to offer your best and most powerful doorbuster-style deal. Whatever you put in the One-Shot offer will be highlighted on the top of your listing with a link directly to the offer, appear on the site in our weekly compilation of all of the deals, and be sent out to our email newsletter subscribers every Friday morning.

As long as it is in some way related to numismatics or offers numismatic-related services, then most likely yes. Please go to the Contact Form and select “Adding a Business” as the subject.

The One-Shot list that comes out on Friday in our email newsletter and is posted to the site is the single most powerful marketing tool in all of numismatics. Best of all, it’s free for businesses to advertise and there are no selling fees. The deals link directly to the offers (if they are available online), and the email newsletter is always free for collectors to receive in their inbox.

It’s kind of like forcing all the dealers to compete for your business in your own personal reality show. They get “one shot” to win you over, in 50 characters or less. Each dealer can list their very best doorbuster-level special offer in the big list that goes out each Friday morning by email. The One-Shot list also appears on the site in our weekly compilation of all of the deals.

If you’re a business owner who has claimed their business’s listing, please see our Guide for Business Owners: Crafting Your One-Shot Offer for some tips and guidelines on what to advertise (and what not to advertise).

It’s possible. We can help you locate a reputable dealer, auction house, or other suitable business if you are new to the hobby, or only need to conduct a single transaction and don’t know where to begin. Please go to the Contact Form and select “Seeking Numismatic Advice” as the subject.

Please go to the Contact Form and select “Technical Assistance” as the subject. We are happy to help.

Please note that at this time, we only give accounts to businesses who have claimed their listings. No account is necessary to search and browse the directory, or to sign up for the email newsletter. It is not possible to register on your own.

Most likely, yes. We’re in regular contact with the numismatic community and would be happy to put you in touch with an appropriate expert for your topic. Please go to the Contact Form and choose “Media or Collaboration Request” as the subject.

Wonderful, we appreciate your support! Please go to the Contact Form and choose “Advertising Inquiry” as the subject. We’ll send you our media kit and be in touch with you soon.

No.

Coin Shop Mall makes an effort not to list companies that offer pawn loans or are only engaged in buying scrap gold/silver for refining. We are focused on coin, paper money, and precious metals dealers, auction houses, and related companies like publishers of printed and online guides, manufacturers of collector supplies, grading companies and other numismatic businesses. There are many tens of thousands of pawn shops in the US, and if we listed all of them, the directory would be over 95% pawn shops.

Yes — and they’re free! All of our listings are premium listings. Claiming your listing gives you full, free access to all the features you might normally expect to pay for. You also get powerful FREE advertising each week when you come back and enter your One-Shot deal for the big list that goes out to our email newsletter full of hungry stackers. We do offer featured listings for businesses who want to advertise their listing on the homepage and appear at the top of the One-Shot list (and other advertising packages), but the profiles have no additional features, it’s purely advertising and promotion.