pawnbroker

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You can always head to your local pawnbroker or a merchant who specializes in coins or precious metals.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Nathan Finch, managing director of the pawnbroker we visited, said he had seen an uplift in business due to the cost of living crisis and inflation.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023

As Birmingham asks, “Why not peer over Raskolnikov’s shoulder while he’s face-to-face with the stupid, deaf, sick, greedy pawnbroker, waiting for his moment?”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021

In practice, according to the California attorney general’s office, this means any loan from a bank, savings and loan, credit union, finance corporation or even a pawnbroker is exempt from the usury law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2021

If I don’t pay back the money within a certain time, then the pawnbroker owns the jewelry,” Nali said.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young