Allen’s Coin Shop Inc

I’ve gone to Allen’s for a few years for coins and coin collection supplies but yesterday was the first day I went to the jewelry store side. I never did get the lady’s name that helped my wife and I pick out a nice something for grandma but she bent over backwards to help us. She started with giving us a little history on what made these things collectible in the first place and when we told her specifically what we were looking for she led us right to it.
During checkout she searched high and low for a box that was just the right size for our very fragile gift and then packaged it with the greatest care taking time to show my wife just how to unwrap our gift so as to avoid damaging.
As for the coin side these fellas know their numismatics. They can come across as gruff and sometimes a bit elitist but I bet then get a lot of Looky Loos in there that just serve only to waste time. If you know what you want they are happy to help. One time I needed just one page out of a collection book and the guy simply removed that page from the only book they had in the store and sold it to me without qualm. Now that’s customer service.
Allen’s Coin and Jewelry Shop gets only four stars because they have awful banker’s hours. It’s hard enough for me to get to Westerville but to do it between 9 and 6 during the week and only a few hours on Sunday make it very inconvenient.

After driving by this place for 7 years, I finally gave into my curiosity. It was underwhelming. A stale smelling, dark wood paneled room filled with, you guessed it, coins. Neither of the two male employees acknowledged me and I got the sense that coin collecting at this place is a club and there are no girls allowed.

I buy coins here from time to time for my kids.
They have a very nice selection of vintage jewelry at very good prices too.
I believe they buy items too. I suppose the prices offered our not high since the prices to buy are reasonable. But I expect buying prices would be at least as low elsewhere as well.
The staff is always very helpful.