Coin & bullion dealer · Berkeley , California
Foster's Coin & Stamp
2189 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 845-3015
Identity
- Legal name
- Foster's Coin and Stamp (per BBB profile registration); also operates as Foster Coin and Publishing for paper-money / fiat-currency-publishing imprint at `fiatpapermoney.net`
- DBA
- Foster's Coin & Stamp; Foster Coin and Publishing; Berkeley Coin & Stamp (Yellow Pages variant)
- Founded
- 1931 (94 years to capture) — CA dataset tenure leader; second-oldest in full task-002 dataset behind only LA James H. Cohen & Sons 1898; older than NYC Stack's Bowers Galleries 1933 and Redlands Briggs and Coops 1935
- Principals
- Mr. Foster
Location & contact
- Address
- 2189 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
- City / county
- Berkeley / Alameda County
- Phone
- (510) 845-3015
- Website
- fiatpapermoney.net (Foster Coin and Publishing imprint)
Operating posture
- Hours
- M-F 1:30pm-3:00pm; closed Sat-Sun (atypical short-window hours per Yelp listing — consistent with single-owner operation by retiring/semi-retired proprietor)
- Walk-in
- yes (Bancroft Way Berkeley downtown storefront, near UC Berkeley campus)
Services & products
- Services
- numismatic-sales, numismatic-buying, bullion-sales, bullion-buying, paper-currency-sales, paper-currency-buying, appraisal, gold-and-silver-investing
- Metals
- gold, silver
- Products
- numismatic-coins, bullion-coins, paper-currency, foreign-coins, exonumia (stamps explicitly handled per business name)
Trust signals
- Accreditations
- unknown — PCGS / NGC / ANA / ICTA cross-references not surfaced (consistent with single-owner small-business pattern that may not pursue formal trade-association credentialing despite extreme tenure)
Captured 2026-04-27. Confidence: medium. Source data is task-002 (dealer ecosystem research). Always verify hours and pricing with the dealer directly.