What Our Customers Say

What Our Customers Say

TM says:

Your blogs and articles are one of the most valuable areas of your site to me. I can always learn more and I trust your writings. Keep them coming!

MG writes:

You are my favorite dealer, and my primary source of rare gold. Your quality is excellent, your prices are reasonable, if not occasionally inexplicably low, and every aspect of your service is fantastic. I would not change anything about DWN.

From JD:

The quality of the coins you offer has been generally excellent. I think you go out of your way to match current market pricing and have never gouged me on a coin. If everyone gets the level of service that you give me, there isn’t a dealer in the business that can touch you.

A letter from a client reads:

Dear Doug,
 
My name is John Bussey. I actively collected coins for almost 20 years. I started – like most new collectors – with shiny Morgan Dollars. I made every error a new collector could. Bought over-graded coins in questionable holders. At first did not appreciate buying quality. But I learned! After taking my lumps I eventually built the Star City CAC Morgan 113-coin set. I believe I got to #7 at one time on the PCGS registry. Lots of competition with Morgans!
 
I then started the Star City CAC 19th Century Type Set. I had a lot of fun with that, and eventually got to #2 with that PCGS set. I also collected a CAC gold 19th century Type Set. It was here that I first met Doug Winter. He seemed to regularly handle the type of coins I wanted for my set. Although certainly not cheap he was reasonable on his prices. When I became over-extended one time, he bought my small group of CAC $2.50s at a fair price.
 
After my experiences I was looking to collecting something I could work at for a long time. I had always liked the Liberty $2.50s. Longest running series. Lots of interesting mints. Many coins had CAC populations of less than 10 coins total. I thought that was the hill I would try to climb. A CAC $2.50 Liberty circulation set.
 
There are not many CAC $2.50s from before 1890. I obviously looked at every auction and every dealer’s offerings trying to find the coins I needed. And I found a few just generally searching. But I noticed that many of the more difficult coins were coming most from one source: Doug Winter.
 
Once he realized I was serious about putting together my set, he would let me know if he had something of interest. I of course was a very willing buyer. He had the coins I needed and prices were fair. We were doing enough business then that once he sent me a coin I needed without even contacting me first!
 
After I got more advanced he handled my want list well. Obviously there is no one more connected to the US Gold Coin market than Doug. He literally wrote all the reference books!
 
I was never able to complete the set. I was missing 4 coins: an 1884 that just alluded me; a couple from the 1860s reconstruction era; and an 1870. All of these had very low, single digit CAC populations. But I did eventually, with Doug’s help, get the rest of them! Doug probably obtained for me 40% of the coins, including 90% of the more difficult coins. It became #1 in its category on the PCGS Registry. That is a collection that may not ever be put together again!
 
Obviously I became quite familiar with the Dahlonega Mint while putting together the $2.50s. Since I already had all the $2.50s, I thought I would try for a full CAC Dahlonega set. I did put together quite a few – again with Doug’s assistance. I believe that collection got to #2 on the PCGS Registry.
 
I am not a young man, and it got to the point that I thought I should diversify out some of these collections. When it came time to sell, I obviously thought of Doug first. He set me up with a few Concierge Sales. I was very satisfied with the prices we worked on together. But what really impressed me was the reasonable quick 100% sell-thru! He was the right man for the job. Everything was handled promptly. I didn’t have to wait 6 months for an auction, and then wait again to get paid. 98% of all coins were sold within the first 7 days of listing, and the rest within 30 days. Unheard of! Accounting and payment was fast and accurate.
 
There were a lot of coins. Around 150 in the $2.50s alone. We chunked the offerings down to a manageable amount per sale. I really could not be much happier. There was a feeding frenzy – especially with the Dahlonega $2.50s.
 
I also along the way bought some pioneer gold – half from Doug – and sold them back to him at a reasonable profit. His profit margin on his sales, including all his expenses and time, appears to be quite reasonable.
 
In short, Doug is a large part of the reason my journey into coin collecting was interesting, enjoyable, and profitable. Doug is the most knowledgeable dealer in Gold Coins in the world. He enjoys what he does. He is honest – he steered me off of coins occasionally – professional, pays attention to details, and always had time to answer any questions I had. I consider him a friend and would highly recommend him to anyone interested in buying, selling, or collecting rare gold coins.
 
Sincerely, John Bussey

Star City Collections
July, 2024