Selling coins in Carrollton, Georgia
Carroll County, Georgia
Sending photos doesn't commit you to sell
Who buys coins in Carrollton?
We do.
We buy coins and old paper money from sellers in Carrollton and across Carroll County. Send photos and we'll talk it over.
1. Selling coins from Carrollton
Carrollton is about 35 miles from us in Rockmart. Send photos here on our website or on Facebook. Your town is enough to start.
Sending photos doesn't commit you to sell, and you can turn down any offer. If it makes sense to go further, we'll arrange a time and place to see the items in person. Offers are made after inspection.
- We never ask you to ship items or pay anything up front.
- For estates and large collections, we can come to you.
We pay cash.
2. What we buy, and what to send
Coins, silver, gold and old paper money, from a single piece to a whole collection, including Morgan and Peace dollars, proof and mint sets, graded coins, silver certificates and National Bank Notes.
Send a clear photo of both sides of each coin or note, the label of anything in a grading holder, your town and a few words about what you have. Don't clean anything. Cleaning can't be undone.
3. The First National Bank of Carrollton
The First National Bank of Carrollton, charter 5264, was chartered in March 1900, taking over the Merchants & Planters Bank, and stood on the square in a four-story building at the corner of Newnan and Alabama streets.
For thirty years it issued $10 and $20 notes with Carrollton on them: Brown Backs, Date Backs and Value Backs of the Series of 1882, Plain Backs of the Series of 1902, and the smaller notes of the Series of 1929. It closed in January 1931, during the Depression, and the Peoples Bank of Carrollton took it over.
Each note carries the signatures of the bank's president and cashier. For most of its years the president was L. C. Mandeville, and E. B. Brodnax was its first cashier.
4. Gold, cotton and the bank's own records
The University of West Georgia keeps the bank's loan register for 1928 to 1930. It records each loan and what stood behind it: real estate, crops, insurance policies and stock.
Carroll County had its own gold, found at Pine Mountain in 1830; by 1832 several hundred men worked the mines each year. A century later the county led Georgia in cotton production, in 1928, 1929, 1932 and 1938.
If a note with Carrollton on it turns up, send photos of both sides. Please leave notes as they are. Don't flatten, press, wash or tape them.
