Forest City Coins and Stamps

About Forest City Coins and Stamps

Forest City Coins and Stamps is a specialty retail business located on Richmond Street in the downtown area of London, Ontario. The shop serves local and long-distance collectors, offering a wide variety of items including coins, paper money, and gold and silver bullion. They also specialize in trading card games (TCGs) such as Pokemon, One Piece, Grand Archive, and Magic the Gathering, as well as CGC and CBCS graded comic books featuring key Marvel and DC issues. The business provides several specific services, including appraisals for coin collections and professional services for pressing, cleaning, and submitting books to CGC. Additionally, the shop houses the Ivan Greenham Medal Dept., which is described as one of Canada’s premier medal mounting firms, catering to clients across Canada and the United States. The store has a long history dating back to 1964, when it was opened by Keith Greenham. It has been a family-run operation for generations; the current owner, Andy Greenham, is the third generation of the Greenham family to work at the shop and has been assisting his father for 40 years. The business has persevered through significant challenges, including a major fire in 1989 that destroyed much of the original inventory, after which the community helped the owner rebuild the store from the ground up. Customers can interact with the business through an online store, and the shop also facilitates in-person visits for those looking to trade or pick up purchases.