What Do Coin Dealers Do All Day?

An interesting questions was posed at the PCGS Message Boards recently, and I thought that it would make for the perfect blog response:

The question posed: “What Do Coin Dealers Do All Day?

I can’t answer for most coin dealers, or local shop owners, but there are never two days alike at David Lawrence.

To preface — it’s a Friday, and we’ve been insanely busy the… Continued...

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The Black Angus PCGS Registry Collection of Lincolns Cents now open for bidding

Black Angus Collection

We just posted the Black Angus Collection of Lincoln cents. It’s a really exciting collection of 395 certified Lincolns. Almost all coins are certified by PCGS, with a couple NGC’s, and nearly all coins are Red designations in grades ranging from MS63 to MS70! Nearly every issue in the series is represented from 1909 – 2010. This is a great collection for filling… Continued...

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John Brush quoted in Greg Reynolds weekly column (Coinweek.com)

Greg Reynolds wrote an excellent analysis on Heritage auction results of quarter dollars in the FUN Auction. Our very own John Brush is extensively quoted. This is a great read for those interested in learning more on this topic. Link to Coinweek.com article… Continued...

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eBay announces new policy on replicas

Earlier this morning, eBay sent the following message to its community of coin buyers and sellers. This is welcome news for those of us in the industry because many collectors have found the venue to be loaded with confusing offerings of real coins and replicas. I have been told personally by senior executives at eBay that this is the first step of many that the organization is taking to improve… Continued...

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2012 FUN Show Recap

This year, The FUN started Wednesday afternoon for dealers with a 2pm setup. Because of the timing there was no “pre-FUN” show this year as we’ve seen in years past, and also no time for any other auction companies to run a sale prior to the major Heritage event. From that perspective alone the show was quite different than in years past. John Brush and I started on Tuesday morning
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