Rivanna Precious Metals is Charlottesville's dedicated coin buyer for gold coins, silver coins, and bullion. Whether you've inherited a coin collection, accumulated bullion over years, or have a few American Eagles you're ready to liquidate, we offer transparent, fair pricing by private appointment at 1020 Carrington Place.
Coin collections rarely come with a clean price tag. A box that looks like "old change" often contains pre-1965 silver quarters, half dollars, dimes, or even a sleeper gold coin buried in the mix. As a full-time coin dealer in Charlottesville, our job is to sort through your collection patiently, identify the precious metal content, check for key-date numismatic value, and give you a clear offer on every coin worth buying.
We're located at 1020 Carrington Place in Charlottesville, a short drive from UVA, Downtown Mall, the Barracks Road shopping area, and easily accessible from Albemarle County communities like Pantops, Crozet, Ivy, Earlysville, and Keswick. Appointments are private — no crowded counter, no pressure, no rushing through your pieces.
We evaluate every coin individually. Bullion is priced off live spot. Numismatic coins are reviewed for date, mintmark, and condition so you don't lose money melting a rare piece.
A large portion of the coin collections we buy come from estates — parents, grandparents, or great-aunts in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area who spent decades accumulating pieces. Families are often surprised at what's inside these boxes and what isn't. Some collections contain thousands in overlooked bullion silver; others have a handful of truly key-date numismatics hiding among common pieces.
We'll walk through the whole collection with you, flag anything that belongs in numismatic channels rather than being sold for melt, and give you an honest assessment. If you're settling an estate in Central Virginia, working with a local coin dealer — rather than shipping the collection off somewhere — keeps you in control the whole way through.
Mail-in coin buyers look appealing until you realize you've lost control of your collection the moment it ships. Local pawn shops in Charlottesville typically aren't coin specialists, so key-date pieces often get lumped in with common bullion. Rivanna Precious Metals splits the difference: we're a dedicated local coin dealer serving Charlottesville with the expertise to recognize what your coins actually are, paying off live market prices in a private, transparent office setting.
Every coin you bring gets evaluated in front of you. We explain the math — spot price, weight, purity, premium — and you decide whether to sell or walk away with everything you came in with.
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1020 Carrington Place
Charlottesville, VA 22901