All Nations Stamps & Coins Downtown Stamp & Coin Shop

Here’s a word for you: numismatics. It means the study or collection of coins and bills and, with stamp collecting, it’s a passion for Brian Grant Duff and his confederates in a thriving subculture. Brian is the proprietor of All Nations Stamps & Coins, a shop filled to the brim with stamps, old currency and sundry other collectibles.

“We do appraisals — a free look-over of stamps, coins, postcards, hockey cards and related collectibles,” says Brian. That’s quite a wide field of expertise, and All Nations boasts staff members “with a combined experience of 60 years,” according to Brian.

Appraisals are just the jumping-off point for his business. “We may buy material from people if they want to sell it, we may include it in our weekly or monthly auctions or we may give them a professional referral.” For estate appraisals or for those people not looking to sell, such as in an insurance valuation, there is a more formal process, including official documentation and a fee. “But we’re quick, we’re fair and we’re very experienced,” says Brian