by appointment numismatic service for Spring Valley and the streets around American University. About 22 minutes from our Falls Church base via Chain Bridge or Massachusetts Avenue.
Spring Valley sits in upper Northwest tucked between American University, Wesley Heights, and the Maryland line, and it is one of the steadiest residential areas in the District. The neighborhood's longtime homeowners, many of them academic, legal, and Foreign Service families with deep ties to AU and the surrounding institutions, tend to hold the kind of carefully maintained, multi-decade collections that benefit most from a numismatist's eye: Whitman albums built across the 1960s and 70s, world gold and silver from sabbaticals abroad, complete Mint and Proof set runs, and meaningful pre-1933 U.S. gold. Hunter Hicks is an ANA and PNG member and brings every Spring Valley collection a credentialed evaluation in your home, with no pressure and no transport of your material to an outside location.
Faculty, alumni, and longtime Spring Valley residents often tell us the same thing, they want one trusted contact, a real written appraisal, and the option to sell the entire holding rather than picking through it. That is exactly the engagement we provide.
From Falls Church the drive to Spring Valley is about 22 minutes, most often across Chain Bridge into the upper Northwest, or via the GW Parkway and across Key Bridge for southern Spring Valley addresses. Appointments are flexible around AU's academic calendar and your schedule; Hunter typically arrives within 24–48 hours. Payment is delivered on the spot in your preferred form, with full written documentation of every item evaluated and acquired.
Collection stays at your Spring Valley home from first contact through settlement.
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Falls Church base. Same-day Spring Valley appointments often available.
Gold, silver, rare, bullion, paper money. More.