Numisphere Podcast - Coins, Currency, Bullion
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Numisphere Podcast - Coins, Currency, Bullion
Conversations in Coin Collecting | Building a Relationship With Your LCS
Ever felt daunted by the grumpy old man stereotype that seems to loom over local coin shops? Fear not, for we're here to guide you to a more customer-centric environment, sculpted by the modern numismatics movement. We're diving into the fascinating world of coin collecting, where we'll unravel the mystery of coin authentication - a crucial skill you'll pick up in your relationship with the local coin shop. From securing the best deals to appreciating the personal touch that the brick-and-mortar store provides, we explore why a local coin shop is a numismatist's best friend.
Have you ever wondered about the various customers that a coin shop owner encounters daily? In the second part of the episode, you'll hear our hilarious and occasionally challenging experiences as we juggle different customer types, from the know-it-alls to those who attempt to scam their way into a windfall. We also address the resilience required to foster relationships with coin resellers and how transparency plays a pivotal role in these interactions. Plus, we'll shine a light on the digital opportunities that have emerged for sellers, creating a balance that doesn't exploit the coin shop owners.
Navigating the numismatic world calls for more than just enthusiasm; it demands etiquette and a genuine interest in learning. From introducing yourself to the local coin shop owner to absorbing the wisdom of seasoned collectors, we share some valuable tips to enhance your coin collecting journey. Join us, as we advocate for respecting the boundaries of conducting business in another’s shop and discourage discussions about personal finances. Finally, we invite you to become part of the Numosphere conversation on Facebook, a vibrant community of coin enthusiasts where you can share your experiences and learn from your peers. So, buckle up for this insightful and amusing episode - your coin collecting adventures are about to get a whole lot more exciting!
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I want to welcome our listeners to the pilot episode of the Numisphere podcast. My name is TJ and I'm Tyler, and together we are the Numisphere podcast. This is our pilot episode and we wanted to celebrate in good fashion, so let's give a good old cheers and wish us the best of luck. With that being said, let's kick this off with a topic that has value for not just the consumer, but also for the retail local coin shop. Why is it important to build a relationship with your local coin shop? Well, I know for myself, I'm always aiming for those better deals and, honestly, I'm looking for help on my strategy for stacking. What about you, tyler?
Speaker 2:I'm really trying to find someone who knows more than I do and take the opportunity to learn from them what I can, because I only know what I know Absolutely.
Speaker 1:And there certainly is something that goes unrealized. But that trusted source and that face that you get to speak with when you have questions and that encounter that you have with the coin, when you get to actually hold it in your hand as opposed to look at a picture through online, can make a big difference in your purchases Absolutely Well, with that, you know, local coin shops can be a bit intimidating. I'm sure that you've experienced this yourself. I know I have. There is that atypical or a stereotypical local coin shop with the old man in the background, reekin' of cigars, right Absolutely, and he looks pretty grumpy. Don't necessarily want to ask him questions because you're worried he might, you know, chew your ear off and tell you to get out.
Speaker 1:But it doesn't just stop there. There's lots of different kinds and I know that for us coming up here as new, younger crowd, being younger professionals in the numismatic community, we definitely are looking more so at the emphasis of customer service, and but it doesn't stop there. I mean there's other examples out there. What are some of the ones that you've seen?
Speaker 2:I mean, the biggest thing that I'm starting to see come up is a complete decimation of all that stereotypical grumpy old man. We're seeing people really want to come out there, have a new passion for the hobby, a new passion for collecting bullion and stacking and understanding why, and it's creating a new community beyond just what we have online. I mean social media and all these tools online are excellent, but that will only go so far right, absolutely so. Being able to get that genuine customer service from people who are in the industry, they generally know what they're talking about and have experience that you know the keyboard warrior might not be able to convey or provide to people.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, and it does take a skilled new business to be able to authenticate certain pieces and also to kind of look into what types of varieties those things might be. And when you have a relationship with a coin shop you can go in and help or get help from your local coin shop to research that, identify that value and help you make your decision on whether you're going to do something like certify that coin.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, because there's only so much information that you yourself can consume online until it might just be too much. Right? If the value of that coin suddenly becomes a five, six figure coin and you're guessing? Well, you definitely want another opinion and generally you don't want to send that coin out to someone online or ship it across the country for another opinion. So you want to go find your local shop hopefully an expert, and if they may not know if they're a good numismatist, they'll find someone who does or in a local community Absolutely, or the resource right.
Speaker 1:They can at least identify a resource to help them figure out what that very might be Exactly.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, and I think that's a good point. From that, the significance I think of a local coin shop goes even further. I know that for myself, looking for those good deals. I've definitely found that when you have rapport with that local coin shop they're going to call you up. When they just took in a big swath of silver for a decent price and if they need to move it they might think of you to come in and get that lower price silver.
Speaker 2:I mean, I will say that that does take time. With your local shop, though, right, you've stopped by once you leave a phone number. You've spent no money, you've taken no time to interact with them, you're not the first call, right? So building that rapport and that true relationship with them is what makes all the difference, which, again, generally you're not going to get with these national online retailers because you're dealing with a screen. You might get a phone number and this one salesperson you deal with, but you don't have the relationship. They don't know who. You are generally Right, and it's a completely different experience.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely I agree with you, but that experience with local coin shop can definitely go quite a ways, for sure, and I know that we've obviously had quite a few different experiences ourselves, not just on the business side of things, where we're dealing with customers coming into the shop, but when we are the customers and going out there and purchasing. I know that you have an experience that you like to reflect on with somebody that you knew in the industry a coin shop that you visited. They weren't too far away and unfortunately I know that they passed, but there was a good relationship there. Can you tell us a little bit about your experience when?
Speaker 2:I was just getting into collecting, I really didn't have local resources and I was able to take a little trip out.
Speaker 2:I met this gentleman and I was really into currency at the time. That's kind of what really sparked my interest. And he actually had this $5 Indian chief note Absolutely gorgeous had of an uncirculated crisp, everything about it was just amazing, right. And he actually took the time to have a conversation with me, educate me about the note, the history behind it, show me some pricing and actual resources out there. So I knew that I wasn't getting ripped off at the time and he probably spent maybe an hour just talking to me about this stuff and he was able to close out almost a $2,000 sale with it and I left feeling encouraged that there were people who actually wanted to help me out and genuinely cared about continuing the hobby and making sure people knew what they were doing and how they were spending their money Absolutely, and it sounds like you got a lot more than just the bill, maybe even a little bit of education about that particular note or that series that you're looking at.
Speaker 2:Absolutely yeah. Again, he took a substantial amount of time and actually spoke with me. I didn't feel put off. It wasn't coming in, this grumpy man. He definitely had to break the ice with him. Sure, because of course you do. You got to introduce yourself. Hey, how you doing? My name's Tyler, right? Here's what I'm looking to do. Would you be able to help me out, or what do you have that might fall on my price range, or show me something that you think is awesome?
Speaker 1:Right, you've actually you've talked about this before and I think you've talked about it in an articulate way. But there is a phase when you initially introduce yourself to a local coin shop and we're calling it the courting phase, and it's that phase where you're feeling out the coin shop owner, the coin shop owner is feeling out you and we're kind of seeing is one trying to be a predator to the other. And once we get by that initial stage and maybe break the ice with a hello and an introduction, right, we can start kind of figuring out where each other's priorities are and how we can align with each other, right, your first interaction when you go into any shop out of the blue.
Speaker 2:you don't know them, you've never met them, you've never spent a cent with them. You really can't just go in there thinking that you're going to get the best deal, the best opportunities compared to anybody else. But once you've gone in a few times, you've spent a little bit of money, you've built a relationship by taking the time to talk to them, treat them like a human and not waste their time on a 1943 copper cent. That is not 1943 copper cent.
Speaker 1:We've had a few of those.
Speaker 2:So once they know you're serious and you're genuine, and you actually are a person who's willing to be a person with them, that makes all the difference in the world.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely, I mean there's just this point in the game where, once you get by that initial courting phase, you start having a discussion, the defensive walls come down. It becomes more of a. I'm going to teach you a little bit of this and we learn a little bit more of that. But on the other side, as a coin shop owner and dealing with some of the customers, there is quite a few funny scenarios that we've experienced. Some of the ones that stick out to me are the ones that may already think that they know it all, and that could be because they watched several YouTube videos or podcasts, took in some content, right, and then maybe they were savvy to go and look up things on eBay, but that does not necessarily make them an expert to talk on these things.
Speaker 2:So I do think there's two sides to that coin. There is, you've got the customer that will absolutely school you. You have that person who is just a savant in their specialty.
Speaker 1:They can put you to shame.
Speaker 2:I've been humbled and I love those experiences because that gives us the opportunity to learn from them, but those are far and few between. So the majority of our experiences are that person who does go online and unfortunately ends up on sites like Etsy and eBay even, and they see that this particular coin, which is just a face value coin, is being listed for asinine money. And that's just not true. There's no sold list things. We know it's not worth that, but they think that we're trying to take advantage of them because we say, hey, listen, your quarter's worth a quarter, I'm going to buy it from you, I'm going to give you 24 cents, right? So it doesn't make sense that you go to a store or a coin shop and you're seeking assistance from an expert and then you go in and you tell, no, you're wrong, because I saw it on tiktok or I saw this on Instagram. Yeah, and that's just not the reality.
Speaker 1:That we're in sure what. I think it also just rubs people the wrong way. You know when you're when you're doing that with somebody who's a professional they know this business, they can assess it for what it is and you're telling them the wrong. You know it's very possible and and there have been times where professionals have been wrong I have been wrong Of course that happens.
Speaker 1:We can't always be right absolutely, but there's also times where I've been right and told that I've been wrong and had to just kind of take that on the chin.
Speaker 2:I feel like that happens more than not.
Speaker 1:And then there's the, the other style of customer, and I think you're very familiar with this I I became more aware of it as I've been established in the industry. But there is this, a class of dealer that deals in the Sales that are happening through tiktok or through other digital channels. Yeah, and they kind of come in with this attitude of they don't want you to know that they're involved in the business, right? So they kind of creepily come up under the radar.
Speaker 1:You know all the cool things in the case that you know are cool and nobody else would know was cool unless they were in the business. But they ask you all those prices, they try to wiggle you in, get as low as they can possibly get and you can just tell they're setting it up to take advantage and those are kind of scenarios that really are off-putting to me and when I experienced that from somebody, when I know that they're just in here to take advantage of us or the prices that we're offering, I'm not motivated to do business with people like that. I feel like it's predatory.
Speaker 2:Well, we're definitely seeing, especially with COVID, this idea that everybody can be a seller, right? So there's a difference between a dealer and a reseller, that guy who goes around and he's trying to hit up the shops for those unique opportunities where there's some money left on the table and Then flip it themselves, which I'm all for it. There's great space out there between what not tiktok, instagram? There's great opportunity for everybody, absolutely, and I'm happy to share, right. But when you come into a shop and you don't disclose what you're doing, yeah, and why you're doing it, yeah.
Speaker 2:That's just gonna rub someone the wrong way. Absolutely so I'm not gonna give you that great deal or I'm not gonna put together a great package for you. But if you come in you say, hey look, you know, here's what I do. I sell on what not. I sell on Instagram, I sell on tiktok, I'm looking to do some bulk purchase, I'm looking to drop some money and you start building the relationship. You come in, you do a couple of transactions and you've been honest since the get. That's a whole different story. I'm happy to do business with you, I'm happy to supply you because you're able to move stuff that I probably Might take a little more time to move or might just be piling up on the shelf in the vault. Absolutely so I'm. I want that.
Speaker 1:I want those relationships, but I want them done well, correct, don't want to be taken advantage of, just like I don't want to take advantage of other people right and honestly, it just comes down to the transparency, because if you're forward about what you're trying to do, if there's a way to work it out with the coin shop owner about that absolutely the extra fat Inventory that they may have and moving that along quickly for them, they might oblige you All right?
Speaker 2:Or even if it's that new modern collectible piece that dropped and I can make five bucks on it and you can turn around, make 20, even a hundred bucks on it. I might have been sitting on it for a minute and I want to move it on, that's fine. But if you don't tell me and again you're trying to take advantage of me, well, I don't want to let that happen, right, right, I'm not going to be the one who's taking advantage of, because that's just not fair, right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, I, especially since.
Speaker 2:I got the shop, I got the overhead right. We're on the other side of this right. All these things come with expenses and, again, if you want to create the relationship over time, keep that inventory flowing over time. Just be honest. Yeah, you straight with us.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely Absolutely. And I think that those coin shops that want to stay in business and continue to grow, they're looking to meet their customer needs and, truthfully, I have personal experience with With myself when I first got into this, going into stacking, and I just kind of went ahead over heels and I'll tell you I learned very quickly the value of a local coin shop versus the purchasing online. I ended up finding I was paying quite a bit more online for certain pieces where I could have gotten a lower premium for my coin shop.
Speaker 1:And on some things it was the other way around but truthfully, the majority of it was put in a way where I was probably about a dollar and a half to two dollars over per ounce compared to what I could have got at the local coin shop. But the most important piece kind of came to me and it came to me through the education that was provided. They helped me understand the difference between generic and sovereign and what would be a premium collectible piece and what is the potential return for those things. They helped me identify more what my mission was and basically I figured out I wanted as many ounces as I could get for as little dollars as I could get them for, and it was. It took the intervention of that coin shop owner to direct me to the right pieces to meet my goal. And when you're open and honest and there's good communication that flows between you and your LCS, you can figure out. You know what is the proper strategy for you, how do they help you meet your goals, and they will look to do that.
Speaker 2:I think that they'll try to step up and make a good shop, will definitely try to understand why you're doing it yeah, help you to find ways to get into it yeah, but also to help you to understand your exit strategy on all of those types of pieces as well, and that's just something you're not going to get from a website. You're not going to get it online. It's not there. It only comes from building the relationship with the LCS 100% agree, and untruthfully.
Speaker 1:I think that that's the number one value that comes out of it. It's the education and the support in helping you achieve your goals for your collecting needs, whether that be numismatic or whether that be stacking bullion.
Speaker 2:And then you know, to that point, that camaraderie that forms over time, that understanding of your situation, and then I think you can attest to this the majority of our customers that are stackers have actually become our friends, to the point where you know we'll go out to dinner with them, because it's not just about trying to make a buck off of them, it's truly about trying to help them achieve a goal Correct, and through that we build a friendship and we build community. Yes, and we've seen that snowball from. Oh, I told my buddy about you guys right, and now those two guys are coming down at the same time. Yeah, and then we're out back having a drink and having a cigar, and we're still talking shop, but it's turned into a true community.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, and also on the numismatic side, when we are able to engage with a new client that may not be anchored in their local coin club. We've actually been able to make referrals. We've brought people into our own local coin club. We've helped them out with engaging with the regional clubs and getting attached to that community. Keeping yourself in the loop is only going to support you and your education and what you're looking to do for your collection.
Speaker 2:I mean, I can remember back, I don't know, when I was a teenager. There was a local shop and the owner would on weekends actually put out a pot of coffee for everybody. He'd pick up donuts and he actually had a nice big conference table out there and it was all about getting everybody together that enjoyed the hobby. Yeah, giving you opportunity to talk coins, trade coins, and as a young collector I had so much knowledge that was just absorbed at this table. Yeah, all for nothing Right, but if it weren't for that shop owner putting out the coffee and making an environment that was welcoming to everybody, those conversations- wouldn't have happened, they wouldn't have happened.
Speaker 1:Yep, absolutely. That's definitely a value there too, getting yourself firmly planted in the community, which is a whole other topic that we can talk about Absolutely, maybe in a future episode.
Speaker 2:So another part I wanted to add about having that chance to sit at the table at that shop as a teenager was it gave me a lot of opportunity to experience what was deemed acceptable when you were dealing with shops with other people and kind of a bit of etiquette on how we should behave in such a way, right yeah. So we touched a little bit on you kind of don't want to go in cold turkey, you don't want to come in trying to take advantage.
Speaker 1:Sure.
Speaker 2:Of course we all want to deal, we all would love a little fat lift on the coin or on the bullion that we're buying, but you have to remember that they're running a business, right? So one of the biggest things was that when you come into a new shop and it's your first experience introduce yourself, even if it's that grumpy old bastard who's given you a mean mug.
Speaker 2:Take a second, hey, listen you know, my name is Tyler it's great to meet you. I appreciate you being here Right and then explore the different opportunities you may have. Talk to them what do they have in excess, or what's a new product, or what's something really cool? What's their favorite coin? Right, and within that same realm, you never want to ask what's your most expensive coin in a shop. Yeah, that kind of sends off some red flags, doesn't it? It does. As a shop owner, I would say why do you want to know that, right, right? So we actually are asked that quite frequently. Number one response is I'm sorry, we don't disclose that.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I can tell you that we don't keep most of our inventory on site and it ranges anywhere from a little bit to a lot. Keep it nice and simple, keep it vague, right, because on our side we don't necessarily want to share that information.
Speaker 1:Sure.
Speaker 2:So really anything on the financial realm is a no-go Don't touch it, don't approach it, other than pricing on a coin, that type of stuff. Obviously we understand that. But don't ask about those things on the business end because that just kind of isn't appropriate.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I think if you truly want to know and I'm sure that they'll be willing to share that with you, but make sure that there's a relationship there first. That way they will give you the real transparent view.
Speaker 2:Right, I don't want to think you're coming into the shop trying to case the joint and which coin you're going to lift off me next time you stop by.
Speaker 1:And there is a little bit of suspicion because we don't know who walks in that door every day and it can be just anybody, right? But I think that you're right Coming forward shaking the hand. You never know, there could be a smile behind that grumpy face. Yep, what other tips did you learn at the table?
Speaker 2:Well, a lot of it came down to, especially as a younger person, is that there's so much about this hobby and this industry that others have experienced first, and yes, things have changed over time. Technology resources, right, but being able to identify that cat-bust half-dollar for the correct variety, or understanding those immediate indicators, those are the things that you should be trying to absorb and understand. So, whether that's coins or whether you're trying to say, okay, what's the best bullion for the buck? Why would I buy a Canadian Maple Leaf versus American Silver Eagle? Should I be buying sovereign pieces versus generic pieces, right?
Speaker 2:So, trying to absorb the information and understand that this is someone who's in the industry. They're doing this all the time. They're making a living off of it, hopefully. So you should really be trusting to an extent about what information they're sharing and try to absorb and learn as much as you can and where you can contribute. You share your experience as well, and I definitely think that that's going to be a huge icebreaker with any shop that you get into, especially if you can continue to visit and build that rapport with them. They feel as though they're actually being valued, not just for having a shop, but they have that next generation or that next person they can share their lifetime of knowledge with, which is often overlooked, especially in a hobby that's in such a niche as ours.
Speaker 1:Right, it is often overlooked. I mean, the value is in that education.
Speaker 2:Right, it's not just in that coin because, again, it's a lifetime. I mean some of these guys that come in here and that we've met and dealt with over time. It's just amazing, the stuff that they can recall off the top of their head, all these different pieces in their own collection, and when you can engage in such a way that you have appreciation for what they're doing, it makes all the difference.
Speaker 1:Yeah absolutely and just off of memory. I'm recalling in our own experiences where we've learned other no-knows when it comes to etiquette, and one of the other ones that stood out pretty firmly was don't do business with other people in somebody else's place of business right.
Speaker 2:Yes, I can recall one that stands out.
Speaker 2:Oh man, this one really got under my skin was we were hosting a bidboard and a customer had turned to another customer that was in the shop and said don't bid on that coin, I have one at home I can sell you for less. Wow, and he did it right in front of me. Oh jeez, and in the moment I couldn't react because I got so frustrated. It's like okay, so what? Are you going to give me 20% on the deal here? You're taking our place of business, so please talk to that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2:Get the guy's phone number. Do it away from us.
Speaker 1:You probably won't know about it.
Speaker 2:I don't care, but do not do it in my doors. Agreed.
Speaker 1:You were probably not motivated to assist that guy after he was conducting himself that way.
Speaker 2:The relationship shortly ended after that because of how he was choosing to continue to do that, even after being asked not to behave in such a way.
Speaker 1:Yeah yeah. Absolutely.
Speaker 2:And it was sad to lose the customer. Of course we don't want to see that happen, but there are certain lines and that was one that was crossed.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and if my memory serves me right, it might not have been the only line that was crossed with that particular customer. No, no, it wasn't a one-off.
Speaker 2:You know, behaviors and choices definitely continue to decline from that point and eventually we just said, hey look, you know there's no more business to be done here.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Well.
Speaker 1:I mean, I think that we've covered quite a bit on what not to do, you know, and we've given a couple of tips on what to do. We told them to go ahead and introduce themselves. See if there's a smile behind the grumpy old man. What other tips do you think we should offer?
Speaker 2:Have fun. Yeah, that's the biggest thing. If you come in and, let's say, you may be a little more introverted which you know is a lot of people in this hobby, which I totally understand I myself am an introvert Don't be afraid to ask questions, don't be afraid to try and understand what and why we're doing things. Yeah, there's a lot of different reasons, a lot of different approaches. Just ask questions. Yeah, I think that's the number one thing that I would appreciate, as someone who comes in, not being a nuisance and asking incredibly dumb questions. Right, not that there's dumb questions, but there is a point of all. Right, come on.
Speaker 1:Like we get it.
Speaker 2:It's a proof set. Or look that $0.43 still not copper. So just trying to be engaging, make it fun for the interaction on both sides, right? We have those customers that are just time sucks and you know you take in 90 minutes of my time and you're spending $5, that doesn't make sense, right? So be respectful of everybody's time and if you're gonna have a need, right, and you're respectful of that, they're usually more willing to give you that time and to do it in a quality way when you actually need it, right? So if you've been coming to me for a year now, we're talking, we have great rapport and you're out metal detecting and you find this killer coin, right Like we had Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:That was found by a metal detector.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Club. Actually, I think this was probably like six or seven years ago, okay, and they needed authentication on it, right, it was a good customer and they came up. They're like, hey look, I just need to make sure this is real right. So at the time it wasn't in my forte, but I knew someone who specialized in it and I was able to coordinate, got him down to the shop and we authenticated this piece for him. It was an awesome find. It was probably worth about $2,100 at the time. Wow, and it was genuine right.
Speaker 2:So, then, when she submitted it to a metal detector magazine, she actually gave us credit for being the ones to authenticate it.
Speaker 1:See, that's a great story. It really is, and honestly, I think that authentication is one of the main resources that you can leverage your LCS for Hands down Absolutely it might be top three.
Speaker 2:Right, you deal with these online sellers and there's no doubt that their buyers and their team are very well informed, but how are you gonna get in front of them?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Right, generally you're not gonna send them off a coin, say, hey, is this real? You're gonna send that off to a grading company, but maybe you don't wanna invest that $3,200 to get that coin certified. So what do you do? Go get an opinion from your local coin shop say, hey, is this legit? If you own this, would you send it in? Can you send this in for me? Yeah, so having that expert opinion or someone who can get you the expert opinion makes all the difference, and you're not gonna find that from these online sellers.
Speaker 1:Right, you're absolutely right. And even, furthermore, in the case of, do I get that coin certified, that's a whole economic question you gotta figure out. Is it actually going to be worth the certification costs and actually have some meat on there for you, or is it something where this might be a personal? I want this in plastic. I mean, we go through it all the time.
Speaker 2:Our customers come in and say, hey, look, should I certify this? I wanna certify this. And you break it all down and you say, okay, what are you into it for why do you wanna do it? All right, we had a counterfeit 55 double die the other day. But the customer was adamant no, this was my grandfather's, it's legitimate. And it turned out it wasn't because we did send it in for him. But those things happen because they wanted it to happen and we made it clear ahead of time. You're probably just checking your money away because this doesn't work Right. So there's those opportunities where we can give our opinion, we can advise and again, you're really not gonna find that in most places.
Speaker 1:Agreed, agreed. It works really well when that relationship is flowing. I know that we have a lot of great customers here and I enjoy interactions with each and every one of them. So for us I think that we've kind of covered the value of a local coin shop pretty well. You're given a few tips about what not to do, couple of tips on what to do. Hold that etiquette, as we were to say in the local coin shop. And I do think that we have another topic in the works coming up for next week we might be touching on the community aspect and the importance of the numismatic community. Until then, I'd like to say from the numosphere oh, wait, a minute. We got some things to talk about, don't we? Why don't you direct?
Speaker 1:these wonderful listeners.
Speaker 2:You almost missed out on it.
Speaker 1:I know well you gotta direct these wonderful listeners.
Speaker 2:So you can voice their own experiences. Join the conversation. You can follow us on Instagram, facebook, youtube, all at the numosphere right. N-u-m-i-s-p-h-e-r-e. Please hop on the Facebook page, share your experiences, let us know what you think some of the value in your LCS is. We would love to hear from you.
Speaker 1:And until then, have a great evening.
