Selling coins in Rome, Georgia
Floyd County, Georgia
Sending photos doesn't commit you to sell
Who buys coins in Rome?
We do.
We buy coins and old paper money from sellers in Rome and across Floyd County. Send photos and we'll talk it over.
1. Selling coins from Rome
Rome is about 20 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. Rome's six note-issuing banks
Rome had six national banks between 1863 and 1935, and all six issued notes with Rome on them:
- The First National Bank of Rome, charter 2368, chartered in 1877.
- The Merchants National Bank of Rome, charter 3670, 1887 to 1897.
- The Rome National Bank, charter 4369, open only from 1890 to 1891.
- The Cherokee National Bank of Rome, charter 9636, 1910 to 1916.
- The National City Bank of Rome, charter 10302, chartered in 1912.
- The Exchange National Bank of Rome, charter 10303, 1912 to 1925.
The charter number printed on a note tells you which bank issued it. Each note carries the signatures of the bank's president and cashier. John Hughes Reynolds was the First National's president from 1877 to 1920, and a National City Bank note of the Series of 1902 is signed by John M. Graham, president, and George B. Stoffregen, cashier.
4. A river town built on cotton
Rome was founded in 1834 where the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers meet to form the Coosa. Steamboats reached it in 1836 and docked at the south end of Broad Street, by what is still called the Cotton Block, and cotton led Rome's trade after the Civil War.
In 1901 the governor named the Exchange Bank of Rome a state depository, a bank chosen to hold the state's money. It became the Exchange National Bank in 1912. Rome's First National later became the Trust Company Bank of Northwest Georgia, which took in The Rockmart Bank in 1985.
Found a note that says Rome? Send photos of both sides. Please leave notes as they are. Don't flatten, press, wash or tape them.
