About Us
15 Years in Rare Coins. Rooted in Honolulu.
Honolulu Coin Buyers was founded to give Hawaii sellers something they couldn't find locally: a coin buyer with national-level expertise, live market pricing, and a direct network of over 5,000 collectors and institutions. We're numismatists first, and every offer we make reflects that.
From Hawaiian Kingdom coins and plantation tokens to modern bullion portfolios, we understand the items that matter most to island families.
See Our ServicesWhy We Started
Why Honolulu Needed a Better Coin Buyer
The coin buying industry has a trust problem. Sellers routinely get lowballed by pawn shops that pay 10–20% of actual value. Online buyers make big promises, then send lowball offers once your coins are already shipped and out of your hands. Estate families get pressured into quick sales without understanding what they have.
We watched this pattern for years while building US Gold and Coin into a national operation. Sellers in Honolulu were dealing with the same problems as everywhere else: no transparency, no expertise, and no fair pricing.
Honolulu Coin Buyers exists to fix that. We brought our national-level resources to a local market that needed them. Every seller in Oahu and the Hawaiian Islands now has access to professional numismatists, live market pricing, and a buyer network of over 5,000 vetted collectors, investors, and auction houses.
How We Operate
How We're Different from Other Honolulu Coin Dealers
Most local coin shops operate on wide margins. They buy low, mark up high, and count on sellers not knowing the real value of what they have. We operate differently.
We price from the market, not a pawn sheet.
Every offer we make is tied to live spot prices, current auction results, and real buyer demand. When gold moves, our offers move with it. When a specific coin series is hot among collectors, we pay accordingly.
We show you the math.
You'll see exactly how we arrived at your offer: the spot price, the coin's grade, its rarity, and what buyers are paying for comparable pieces right now. No black-box pricing.
We connect to buyers directly.
Our network spans over 5,000 active collectors, institutional investors, and auction houses. That means your coins reach serious buyers fast, and we can pay more because we're not sitting on inventory hoping for a retail sale.
We handle collections of any size.
A handful of silver quarters or a six-figure portfolio. Single gold rings or full estate liquidations across Honolulu, Oahu, and beyond. We treat every transaction with the same level of attention.
Honolulu Roots
Serving the Honolulu Community
Our Honolulu location serves sellers across Oahu, including Waikiki, Downtown Honolulu, Kailua, Kaneohe, Pearl City, Aiea, Mililani, Kapolei, Ewa Beach, Waipahu, and Hawaii Kai.
For larger collections or estate situations, we offer appointments throughout Oahu. Our team comes to you with professional testing equipment and provides a full evaluation on-site. No need to transport boxes of coins across town.
We also work with sellers on Maui, Big Island, Kauai, and across the Hawaiian Islands. If you can't make it to our Honolulu location, call us at 808-215-4048 to discuss options including secure shipping.
By the Numbers
Honolulu Coin Buyers by the Numbers
Paid to sellers since 2011
Years in rare coins & precious metals
Vetted collectors, investors & auction houses
Completed transactions, single coins to full estates
What We Buy
Items We Purchase
Our team evaluates and purchases gold coins, silver coins, rare and collectible coins, gold bullion and bars, silver bullion, platinum, palladium, gold and silver jewelry (including broken and scrap pieces), proof sets, mint sets, certified coins (PCGS, NGC), foreign coins, and paper currency.
If you're not sure whether your items have value, bring them in or call us. We appraise everything for free, and there's never any obligation to sell.