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DLRC Kicks-Off Expanded Currency Offerings with a Massive Two-Part Currency Collection

Virginia Beach, VA: DLRC announces a new and improved currency revival at www.dlrccoins.com, highlighted by a massive two-part currency collection in their Thursday evening Red Carpet Rarities Auctions. Kicked off with the fresh-to-the-market Williamsburg Currency Collection, which includes a wide variety of notes including obsoletes, silver and gold

June Grading Contest at DLRC

Thanks again to all our participants last month, we hope to have returning contestants trying their eye on this month's group and many newcomers! Find below obverse and reverse images of 12 certified coins, a mix of types, grades, business strikes, and proofs. Note: there will be no

Results: May Grading Contest

Thank you to all of our participants in our May Grading Contest and a special thank you to CAC for providing this month's prize. This was a fun and challenging group of CCAG graded coins. The winner for May is Nicolas B. with a truly impressive score of

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Coins We Love: Diving In!

Personal Message from John Brush: The ballots for the ANA Board of Governors have started arriving this week! Making a difference with the ANA and the hobby of numismatics is far more involved than I initially estimated, so I'd appreciate your support in my re-election effort for a

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Coins We Love: Special Memorial Day Issue!

As Memorial Day weekend is upon us, like many others, I am traveling to connect with friends and family, honoring the holiday while enjoying some of the traditional festivities. We wanted to give our readers an extra special CWL issue focusing on Liberty, in more ways than just one! We

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Coins We Love: It's All About Wes!

It’s funny, I hear more comments on the CWL about Wes’s trips these days than I do my own! While my feelings have been hurt by that, I keep reminding Wes that he’s MY free companion on Southwest, not the primary passenger. Sometimes that gives him a

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Coins We Love: Fresh Deals and Hansen Coins!

We’ve seen the dust settle a little bit in the post-tax-season world and what is typically considered a slower summer numismatic season, is in front of us. It’s not so much that way anymore as the internet has changed the collecting world to be a much steadier stream

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Coins We Love: ANA Board - For Better or For Worse

This week, we’ll offer a slightly off-topic personal plea from myself, John Brush for the hope for the greater good of numismatics. Two years ago, I had many people tell me that I was insane to run for the American Numismatic Association (ANA) Board. As someone who dislikes being

May Grading Contest at DLRC featuring CACG

Thanks again to all our participants last month, we hope to have returning contestants trying their eye on this month's group and many newcomers! The twist this month is ALL 12 coins are graded by CACG! Find below obverse and reverse images of 12 CACG certified coins, a

Results: April Grading Contest

Thank you to all of our participants in our April Grading Contest. This was our most challenging group of coins so far! The winner for April is Kendrick L. with an impressive, top score of 13 out of a possible 24 points. Kendrick has won a brand new 2025 Silver

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Coins We Love: May the Fourth Be With You!

Central States is a wrap and we’ve moved on into May! Honestly, the CSNS show was “fine”. That’s probably the best word to use for the annual Schaumburg event. It has aspirations of being the 3rd most important coin show of the year as it was a decade

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Coins We Love: AI Coin Dealer?!

This week we're coming to you in two parts for the CWL with our staff at the Central States Show giving a little feedback on the ongoings so far, along with our office team working to keep things moving along accordingly. Unfortunately, the flu kept me from attending

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Coins We Love: We've Got Commems!

Today we are highlighting a perennially popular and highly collectible series of US Numismatics: Classic Silver Commemoratives! The variety, history, and beauty of these pieces have captivated collectors for decades and make for a jam-packed collection. Why Collect Classic Commems? If you have an appreciation for beautifully designed coins with

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Coins We Love: The Tale of Two Tails

This week, we've had a lot going on with bullion spikes and incoming collections, so it's hard to sit down and write a recap. However, Jack was digging deeper on a coin for a social media post, and we thought that it was so interesting that

Coins We Love: Show Highs and Lows

Baltimore ended up being a much better show than we expected. We had curated our group of coins to carry a more fruitful inventory with a higher average value, and while we sold coins to dealers before the show started, we sold quite a few more coins to collectors. Overall,

April Grading Contest at DLRC

Thanks again to all our participants last month, we hope to have returning contestants trying their eye on this month's group and many newcomers! Find below obverse and reverse images of 12 certified coins, a mix of types, grades, business strikes, and proofs. Note: there will be no

Results: March Grading Contest

Thank you to all of our participants in our March Grading Contest! The winner for March is Jon S. with an impressive score of 15.5 out of a possible 24 points. They achieved six grades exactly right! Jon has won a brand new 2025 Silver Eagle CACG MS70. Shutout

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Coins We Love: Back in Baltimore

The wholesale coin market is incredibly active these days. The FUN Show kicked off the year with a lot of activity which stayed steady through the Atlanta ANA Show. Now, we find ourselves back in Baltimore and the first 2 days have proven quite successful. The pre-show trading rooms open

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Coins We Love: Upcoming Collections @ DLRC!

Collectors often ask us “What are your busiest months?” The answer is undoubtedly the first quarter of every year. We typically have three or four major shows to attend and tons of collector activity, both buying and selling. We are always super busy processing the increased amount of deals coming

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Coins We Love: Take a Tour of the DLRC Office!

It’s been a nice week at home for us here at DLRC, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy. We bought a really nice retail-able group of coins from one of our favorite vendors to close out last week, so we have 350 coins that just

Coins We Love: The Atlanta Review

So, what was the final overview of the Atlanta Show? It was far better than expected! We ended up spending seven-figures on fresh, new material, picked up a couple of fantastic consignments—including a group of beautiful Silver Commemoratives—got to meet with several longstanding DLRC customers…and we sold

March Grading Contest at DLRC

Thanks again to all our participants last month, we hope to have returning contestants trying their eye on this month's group and many newcomers! Find below obverse and reverse images of 12 certified coins, a mix of types, grades, business strikes, and proofs. Note: there will be no

Results: February Grading Contest

Thank you to all of our participants in our inaugural Monthly Grading Contest! Of course we realize grading based on images (even images of the high-quality our DLRC team achieves) is not ideal and nothing beats seeing the coin in hand. That being said this is purely for fun and

Coins We Love: Atlanta ANA National Money Show Edition

We made it to this year’s location of the ANA National Money Show and I admittedly have some familiarity with this location. Hosted at the Cobb Galleria Center in Northwest Atlanta, this location has been the host of many regional and national shows in the last 25 years and

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Collectors We Love: Collector and Consignor of the Year!

Each year we process thousands of orders and auction invoices from our customer base of new and old customers. Many of these collectors have done business with us for over 10-30 years. While we don’t get the opportunity to thank every one of them, we occasionally work with collectors