Welcome to Paradise Coin & Gift!
Located in Northeastern Wisconsin

Paradise Coin Interior View
We invite you to visit our retail store
215 S. Main Street, Waupaca, Wisconsin 54981
Retail Store Local Area Phone: 715-942-2642
Toll Free Ordering Line: 1-877-397-3363

We Have Closed Our Paradise, California Store

and Are Moving to Waupaca, Wisconsin

Effective June 15th, 2021

We Will Open Our New Store

in Late July as

Paradise Coin & Gift,

215 South Main Street, Suite B

Waupaca, Wisconsin 54981

We will have the same Toll Free Phone: 877-397-3363

Local Phone: 715-942-2642

We will be unable to accept orders from June 16th through the End of July.

We recently lowered our prices for the rare coins we sell.
U.S. half cents, cents, two cents, three cents, half dimes, nickels, dimes, twenty cents, quarters, halves, silver dollars, commemorative coins, and U.S. currency are now on sale at the current wholesale Greysheet Bid or Ask listed price. Since we have thousands of coins in inventory, this process has taken some time to complete. Now, almost all U.S. coins we sell, excluding rare dates, with a wholesale value of $10 or more will be priced at wholesale Greysheet Bid or Ask.

Wholesale Prices for Everyone!

U.S. Half Cents, Large Cents, Indian Cents, Lincoln Cents on Sale!

U.S. Two Cents & Three Cents on Sale!

U.S. Half Dimes, Shield Nickels, Liberty Nickels, & Buffalo Nickels on Sale!

U.S. Capped Bust Dimes, Seated Dimes, Barber Dimes, & Mercury Dimes on Sale!

U.S. Seated Quarters, Barber Quarters, Standing Liberty & Washington Quarters on Sale!

U.S. Capped Bust Halves, Seated Liberty Halves, Barber Halves, & Walking Liberty Halves on Sale!

U.S. Commemorative Half Dollars on Sale!

Trade Dollars, Morgan Dollars, & Peace Dollars on Sale!

U.S. Liberty, St. Gaudens, & Indian Gold Coins on Sale!

U.S. Proof & Mint Sets on Sale!

Please Note: We do not accept credit card orders online because we are not comfortable with current Internet security. If identity thieves could hack into Bank of America's secure system, we have no doubt that they could get into ours—or any website for that matter.

We also prefer talking with and getting to know our customers on a personal basis over our toll free telephone ordering line.

We do not sell mailing lists or keep customer information in our Internet computer system. This means we have to get customer information each time an order is placed. We are sorry for this inconvenience, but we think it's worth the extra time to protect our customer's personal information.

We only ship to customers in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and APO addresses. We do not ship to any other countries due to complex postal restrictions and our inability to confirm billing addresses for credit card purchases.

Click on These Link Bars
to See Our Current Inventory:

[ U.S. Silver Dollars ]

[ Error Coins, Coin Rolls & Specials ]

[ Proof & Mint Sets ] [ Gold & Silver Coins]

[ U.S. Cents ] [ U.S. Two Cents & Three Cents ]

[ U.S. Nickels ] [ U.S. Dimes ] [ U.S. Quarters ]

[ U.S. Halves ] [ We Buy Coins ] [ U.S. Commemoratives]

[Tokens & Medals ] [ U.S. Currency ] [ Coins of the World ]

[ Coin Supplies ] [ California Natural Gold Nuggets ]

[ U.S. Mint Website ]

[How to Place an Order]

[How to Sell Coins to Us]

Now Accepting Orders Monday thru Saturday
10am-4pm (Central Time)

Call Toll Free 1-877-397-3363

We ship orders valued under $500
By Insured U.S. Priority Mail
with a Delivery Confirmation Receipt

Orders Received Monday thru Friday
Before 2pm Central Time are Shipped Same Day
(We Would Ship It Yesterday....If We Could!)

Collectible Rare Coins from Paradise Coin

Thousands of U.S. & World Coins
Priced from 50¢ to $5,000

Bill Anderson, Numismatist, is a member
of the American Numismatic Association
(ANA Member #R-185063)

Grading According to ANA Grading Guide
No Question Money-Back Guarantee

Large Easy-to-Read Text - Files Load Fast!

215 S. Main Street, Waupaca, Wisconsin 54981

To Order With a Credit Card
Call Toll Free: 1-877-397-3363

We do not accept credit card orders over $1,000. All purchases over $1,000 must be paid by cashier's or personal check. Please allow ten days for your check to clear.

All Other Calls 715-942-2642

Retail Store Open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm
(Central Time)

Now Accepting Orders Monday thru Saturday 10am-4pm
(Central Time)

Call Toll Free 1-877-397-3363

E-mail: Bill@paradisecoin.com

A Short History of
Paradise Coin & Gift

We moved to Paradise, California in the spring of 1980 and were immediately attracted to the natural beauty of the local canyons and rivers. Like early immigrants to California, Bill came down wih gold fever and had to experience gold mining for himself. We bought gold pans, shovels, and rock picks - then a sluice box - and finally - a 4" gold dredge.

Encouraged by small successes in finding some small gold flakes, we found ourselves packing the heavy equipment in and out of the canyon of the West Branch of the Feather River every weekend, and in the end, we expended far more time and effort than it was worth. The dredge and mining equipment ended up taking space in our garage and Penny finally sold it all at one of her yard sales.

Just like early gold rush merchants, we learned from the experience that other gold miners were in need of someone to buy their gold and sell them mining supplies and we started doing just that. Having been an avid coin collector since he was a young boy, Bill began attending the local Paradise Flea Market buying and selling rare coins, placer gold, mining equipment and just about anything else of value.

After meeting an elderly gentleman who agreed to consign his large rare coin collection, we rented a small building in 1981 for our first part-time coin shop with gold mining supplies. In addition to running the coin shop during the day, Bill worked nights in a local grocery store stocking shelves.

After a few years we were able to rent a bigger building with an expanded coin shop and living quarters. We started carrying mining books and California history books that dealt with the California Gold Rush and soon people were asking for more California history.

We moved our retail store, Paradise Coin & Gift, to our current location in the Holiday Shopping Center in 1985 and once again expanded our inventory by carrying a much larger selection of California history books, jewelry, gold mining supplies and other gifts.

Beginning in 1990, we started publishing the Dogtown Territorial Quarterly (later known as The California Territorial Quarterly for issues #51-#113), a non-revisionist California history magazine. Due to the November 2018 Paradise Camp Fire, we ceased publication due to a lack of advertisers and subscribers that were burned out by the fire.

Thirty five years later, we are still at the same location, buying and selling collectible rare coins, gold, silver, jewelry, gold mining supplies, new and used California history books, and selling back issues of The California Territorial Quarterly - California history at its very best!

We hope you'll be able to visit our store on the Skyway in Paradise sometime soon—but for now—you can visit this internet website where you'll find almost everything we sell in our store and publish in our magazine—at the same low prices and with the same friendly service.

Please note: We have designed this website with a minimum of photos & graphics to ensure that our web pages load quickly to give you quick access!

Bill & Penny Anderson, owners, Paradise Coin & Gift, editors & publishers, The California Territorial Quarterly.

Our Website is Our Only Catalog
and is Updated Every Day
New Inventory is Highlighted in Red Each Month

Our Website and Retail Store
are Doing So Well...

We Need to Buy Your U.S. Coins

Bill & Penny Anderson
Welcome You to Our Internet Catalog:

[ U.S. Silver Dollars ]
[ Error Coins, Coin Rolls & Specials ]
[ Proof & Mint Sets ] [ Gold & Silver Coins]
[ U.S. Cents ] [ U.S. Two Cents & Three Cents ]
[ U.S. Nickels ] [ U.S. Dimes ] [ U.S. Quarters ]
[ U.S. Halves ] [ We Buy Coins ] [ U.S. Commemoratives]
[Tokens & Medals ] [ U.S. Currency ] [ Coins of the World ]
[ Coin Supplies ] [ California Natural Gold Nuggets ]

[ U.S. Mint Website ]

[How to Place an Order]

[How to Sell Coins to Us]

Grading according to ANA standards. Fixed price list.

Wisconsin residents add 5.5% state sales tax.

Postage Costs:
Add $7 (orders up to $50)
Add $8 (orders $51-$99)
Add $9 (orders $100-$149)
Add $10 (orders $150-199)
for priority shipping and handling
(Additional postage for insurance over $200 order, rolls & bags)

To Order With a Credit Card
Call Toll-Free 1-877-397-3363.
All others calls 1-715-942-2642

Please Note: We do not accept credit card orders online because we are not comfortable with current Internet security. We also prefer talking with and getting to know our customers on a personal basis over our toll free telephone line.

We do not sell mailing lists or keep customer information in our Internet computer system. This means we have to get customer information each time an order is placed.

Retail Store Open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm

Bookmark This Site:

http://www.paradisecoin.com

E-mail: Bill@paradisecoin.com

Links to Paradise Coin & Gift Website Pages

[ U.S. Silver Dollars ]
[ Error Coins, Coin Rolls & Specials ]
[ Proof & Mint Sets ] [ Gold & Silver Coins]
[ U.S. Cents ] [ U.S. Two Cents & Three Cents ]
[ U.S. Nickels ] [ U.S. Dimes ] [ U.S. Quarters ]
[ U.S. Halves ] [ We Buy Coins ] [ U.S. Commemoratives]
[Tokens & Medals ] [ U.S. Currency ] [ Coins of the World ]
[ Coin Supplies ] [ California Natural Gold Nuggets ]

[ U.S. Mint Website ]

[How to Place an Order]

[How to Sell Coins to Us]

Interior view of our retail store in Waupaca, Wisconsin

Links to The California History Website Pages
Home of The California Territorial Quarterly history magazine

[California Historic Events | Historical Societies & Museums | California State Historic Parks]

[Advertising Rates | Historical Advisors | History Trivia Test | Writer's Guidelines]

[California Territorial Quarterly Magazine | Ordering Information | Paradise Coin & Gift]

Useful Rare Coin and Numismatic Links

Coin Clubs, Coin Dealers,
Coin Shows, Coin Collecting Websites

Add your coin site to our large list of links.
Send us your website address
E-mail: Bill@paradisecoin.com
and we'll post it here as soon as possible.

50-dollar-gold-coin.com

AAA Historical Americana-World Exonumia

Gary Adkins

Albanese Rare Coins, Inc.

All Certified Coins

Alpine Numismatics

A-Mark Precious Metals

American Gold Exchange

American Numismatic Association

American Numismatic Society

American Rare Coins

American Vecturist Association (Token Collectors)