Coin Dealer Marketplace: How Shops Sell Overflow and Source Inventory on Pure
Pure had a table at the ANA show in Pittsburgh in August 2026, and junk silver kept coming up with the coin shop owners and dealers who stopped by. Everyone buys 90% over the counter. Moving it back out is the slow part, and that is cash sitting in a tray.
Pure is a peer-to-peer marketplace where dealers, collectors, and stackers trade metals and coins directly with each other. Every product has its own public order book, so a shop can see what buyers are paying right now before shipping a single coin, and no account is needed to look. A seller ships to Pure, never to the buyer. Pure tests the item, then pays out automatically about 3 business days after check-in. Sell fees start between 0.75% and 1.5% depending on the item and drop with quarterly volume. Buyers pay no marketplace fee. Shipments are insured both ways up to $125,000, and Pure covers the insurance.
The rest is the detail a shop owner asks for before shipping metal to a company they have not met.
What you see on the order book
Pull up any product on Pure and you get two columns. Bids are what buyers are willing to pay right now. Asks are what sellers want. The top of each column is the live market for that item, and the bids and asks are visible to anyone, logged in or not.
Nobody at Pure quotes you a price. Pure is not a dealer. Those numbers are real orders from other members, and they change through the day as people post and fill.
Two things matter to a shop here. First, you can post your own number. Say the top bid is lower than you want. Post an ask at your number and let a buyer come to you. Same on the other side: post a bid under the lowest ask and wait. Second, the buyer on the other side never sees your shop's name.
How to Read an Order Book has the full walkthrough of bids, asks, spread, and depth. A dealer already knows the mechanics. You run a buy price and a sell price on your own counter. On Pure, everyone's are posted side by side.
Selling on Pure when the counter runs long
Post an ask at your price, or sell straight into the highest standing bid. On Pure, selling into a bid fills the moment you press sell, and that price locks. What happens after the fill is what dealers ask about most, so here it is in order.
Pure sends you an insured shipping label at no extra cost. The shipment is covered up to $125,000.
You pack it and drop it off. A seller never ships straight to the buyer. The metal comes to Pure first.
Pure checks the item in. Our team checks it by hand and tests the metal. Most items leave Pure the same day they arrive.
Pure pays out automatically once the item checks in and verifies, about 3 business days after check-in, by ACH or check. Wire is available at the Pure Gold tier ($300,000 or more in quarterly volume).
This is a second exit for material the counter brings in faster than it moves, and the same book is a second source when it runs short. Keep the wholesale coin dealers and suppliers you already work with. What the three days buy you is a price set by the whole book instead of a single bid.
The 90% mixed denominations listing trades per $1 of face value, which is how most shops already think about junk silver. On November 9, 2026, at 3:10 pm Pacific, the highest bid on that book was $36.13 per $1 of face, which Pure's page showed as about 5% under the silver spot price at that moment. That number will have moved by the time you read this. The point is you can check it. The consumer-side explainer on what 90% is worth lives in How to Sell Junk Silver Coins.
What selling costs
Buyers on Pure pay no marketplace fee, so the fee sits on the sell side. The rate depends on the product and on your quarterly volume, and tiers reset every quarter.
Tier | Quarterly volume | Base | Silver, Pt, Pd | Numismatic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pure Copper | Starting tier | 0.75% | 1.00% | 1.5% |
Pure Silver | $50,000 | 0.7% | 0.93% | 1.4% |
Pure Gold | $300,000 | 0.625% | 0.83% | 1.25% |
Pure Plum | $1,200,000 | 0.5% | 0.67% | 1.00% |
Which column an item falls in is set per product, not per metal, so check the listing. The full table, with what each tier adds, is on Pure's selling tiers page, and the outbound shipping charges are on selling fees and shipping costs on Pure.
Finding inventory on Pure when the counter runs short
The same book works in the other direction. When a customer wants a 10 oz bar or a tube of Eagles and the counter has not brought one in, buy it off the book and have it shipped to you. There is no marketplace fee on the buy side. Payment is by ACH or bank wire. Shipping is $25 on orders under $10,000 and free at $10,000 or more, with insurance included in that.
Whatever you buy, and whoever sold it, Pure verified it before it shipped.
Pure Priority is a separate section of pre-verified stock that ships express within 2 to 3 days of payment confirming. Cards are accepted on Pure Priority orders with a 2.9% surcharge. Everywhere else, ACH or wire.
Many shops already source well from the walk-in public. The book is a sourcing desk for the gap that week's walk-ins do not cover: bars, rounds, tubes, and bulk lots posted by other members, with no minimum order. A running list of silver asks posted below spot sits on the silver under spot page.
Getting set up
Onboarding on Pure is document verification, and it takes about 15 minutes. Both sides of the marketplace go through it, which is part of why the other side of your trade is a verified member. There is no minimum to buy and no minimum to sell. Pure is US only.
More than $1 billion in transactions has gone through Pure so far.
To talk a first shipment through with a person, book 30 minutes with Allen on our team. He handles dealer onboarding: calendly.com/allen-collectpure/30min. Or email [email protected] and say you run a shop.
The step-by-step on listing, from first ask to payout, is in how to sell on the Pure marketplace. And to just look, browse the Pure marketplace. Prices are public any day you want to check us against your counter.
Questions shop owners ask
Does the buyer see my shop's name?
No. Pure does not show a seller's shop name to the buyer on the other side of the trade. The seller sees a bid, the buyer sees an ask, and the metal ships through Pure.
Can a coin shop buy coins in bulk on Pure?
Yes. Pure has no minimum to buy and charges buyers no marketplace fee. Take the lowest ask or post a bid, pay by ACH or wire, and shipping is $25 under $10,000 and free at $10,000 or more. Selling has no minimum either, and the 90% book is priced per $1 of face value.
When does Pure pay out a sale?
Pure pays out automatically once the item checks in and verifies, about 3 business days after check-in, by ACH or check. Wire is available to sellers at the Pure Gold tier, $300,000 or more in quarterly volume.
Can I check Pure's prices without an account?
Yes. Pure's order books are public. Open any product page and compare the top bid or lowest ask to your own numbers, no login needed.