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If you are looking for an Alabama coin dealer to assist you in the sale or liquidation of your coin collection or holdings, we invite you to explore our website and consider the benefits of working with us to maximize your return. For significant holdings, we are free to travel throughout the state in order to buy or appraise. While based in the Birmingham area, our office is conveniently accessed from most major interstate highways and easy to find. We work by appointment, so a phone call is recommended prior to calling on us.

Contact Information

Email:

Email: arakin@mindspring.com

By regular mail:

A. R. Akin Rare Coins & Currency
P.O. Box 1022
Trussville, AL 35173

In person:

Corporate East

213 Gadsden Highway Suite 221

Birmingham, AL 35235

(By appointment only)

By telephone:

Phone: 205-612-8541

Hours of Operation

Customary hours of operation are 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Central Time Monday through Saturday. Voice mail is available 24 hours per day to take your messages. All coins are kept in the Bank, so an appointment is essential.

Directions

From downtown Birmingham, I-59 North to the Roebuck Parkway Exit. Office adjacent to intersection in the Corporate East building.

From Hoover: I-459 North to I-59 South, then first exit on Roebuck. Left at first traffic light, office on the left.

Services: national teletype service as a resource for buying and selling rare coins, us currency and precious metals in a major market venue confidential personal counseling to maximize your potential in coin collecting or investing while minimizing your exposure to potential risk appraisals, acquisitions and sales of individual rare coins, gold coins, silver coins, collections, estates and bullion holdings

Please feel free to browse our site from the links at the bottom of this page, and contact us if we may be of assistance in any way. If your primary interest is purchasing rare coins, within these pages you will find a number of items that may be of interest to coin collectors or potential investors looking to add to their holdings with gold coins, silver coins, or bullion products.

Shipping material to us:

Please package your items securely and enclose an invoice. Ship your pakage via insured mail or registered mail. Always include your name and telephone number or email address, depending on the manner in which you wish to be contacted. If you prefer that we simply mail you a check based on our current buying prices, please so specify on your invoice.