Looking for US or foreign coins? Appleton has a couple of coin shops to consider:

Affordable Rare Coins 402 W Northland Ave    Appleton, WI 54911 (920) 954-0129

Avenue Coin & Jewelry 303 E College Ave Appleton, WI 54911 (920) 731-4740

For jewelry and gifts, Avenue Coin is a pretty classy place with a nice selection. But for coins, lots of coins at surprisingly low prices, you've got to try Affordable Rare Coins (pictured above in a photograph I took this week). It's on the north side of Northland Avenue halfway between Richmond (Hwy 47) and Oneida Street, almost across the street from Sai Ram Indian Restaurant and Koreana. A great place to pick up some last minute Christmas gifts.

For silver buffs and gold bugs, you'll be glad to know that they have a great collection of silver and gold coins, including some very affordable silver coins near the spot price of silver. I sent a friend of mine there the other day, and I even bought a few silvery gifts for a couple people as well.