点评:A large part of assessing the tour of Littleton Coin Company is setting expectations. If you're expecting a coin museum where you can spend hours on end viewing wall-to-wall coins and displays, you're in for a big disappointment. If you think of it as a mail order company that has a nice exhibit about its products and history then you may be pretty satisfied with the experience.
The tour is offered on a rather limited basis at 1:30pm on weekdays. You go into the modest showroom and ask for the tour. A guide comes down and brings you to mezzanine area of the company. Since you're actually in their working offices during work hours, there's no photography allowed and movement is restricted.
There are about ten display cases which contain a history of the company and coinage. Each area is well-narrated and the displays are nicely laid out. It's unclear how long you can linger at the displays. Since I like to read the signage and take longer looks at details, this is a bit of a drawback. Overall there was good guidance and opportunity to get a good look.
The gift shop has some of their catalog offerings displayed for sale. They claimed that if you found something in the catalog you would like to buy they would get it for you. There is also a chest of world coins, where you can dig through and buy one coin for 25 cents or you can buy a small bag of coins for 10 dollars -- they provide the bag. Plenty has been said about the profit margin for Littleton Coin, here I will simply say that per their offer the break-even point for filling the bag is 40 coins and if you want to get 40 coins in the provided bag you need to look for some pretty small ones. Personally I would recommend taking the opportunity to pay a quarter per coin to get a couple dozen coins you're not likely to find anywhere else. I even managed to find a 1 Euro coin in the chest which did amount to a net profit in my favor.
翻译:评估 Littleton Coin Company 之旅的很大一部分是设定期望。如果您期望参观一个可以连续几个小时观看墙到墙的硬币和陈列品的硬币博物馆,那么您将大失所望。如果您认为它是一家邮购公司,有关于其产品和历史的精彩展览,那么您可能会对这次体验非常满意。
参观时间有限,工作日下午 1:30 提供。您可以进入简朴的展厅并要求参观。导游会下来带您到公司的夹层区域。由于您实际上是在工作时间在他们的办公室里,因此不允许拍照并且限制移动。
大约有十个展示柜,其中包含公司和硬币的历史。每个区域都有很好的解说,展示品也布置得很好。不清楚您可以在展品前逗留多长时间。因为我喜欢阅读标牌并花更长时间查看细节,所以这是一个缺点。总体而言,这里有很好的指导和机会,可以好好看看。
礼品店展示了一些目录产品以供出售。他们声称,如果你在目录中找到了想要购买的东西,他们会帮你买。还有一个世界硬币箱,你可以翻找并以 25 美分的价格购买一枚硬币,或者以 10 美元的价格购买一小袋硬币——他们提供硬币袋。关于 Littleton Coin 的利润率已经有很多说法,在这里我只想说,根据他们的报价,装满一袋硬币的盈亏平衡点是 40 枚硬币,如果你想在提供的袋子里得到 40 枚硬币,你需要寻找一些非常小的硬币。我个人建议借此机会支付每枚硬币 25 美分,以购买你在其他地方不太可能找到的几十枚硬币。我甚至设法在箱子里找到了一枚 1 欧元硬币,这确实为我带来了净利润。