Coin dealers are professionals who buy and sell coins, whether they’re rare and expensive or just worth their scrap metal value. Also called professional numismatists — numismatics is the ...

Coin dealers and collectors are different. A handful of New England numismatists who spoke to the Globe do acknowledge pennies’ present-day flaws, but also celebrate their hard-earned lineage ...

Some coin dealers say they've been damned by association. One of them is Jamie Lee Smith, owner of American Independent Gold & Silver and majority owner of American Platinum Gold & Silver.