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Coins We Love: Educated Customers are the Best Customers

What’s the best value in numismatic education? The ANA Summer Seminar. Every year, I put a plug for the ANA Summer Seminar in the CWL, and this year is no different! Wes and I returned from Colorado Springs this past Sunday, while Jack is taking a class in the

July Grading Contest

Thank you 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

Results: June Grading Contest

Thank you to all of our participants in our June Grading Contest! The winner for June is Tyler R. with a supremely impressive score of 18 out of a possible 24 points. Tyler has won 2025 Silver Eagle in CACG MS70, as well as a brand new DLRC loupe and

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Coins We Love: June Travel!

Last week a few members of the DLRC team descended upon Baltimore for the Whitman Summer Expo. It was an active event for the team overall, especially for a summer show. The weather was even pleasant, so braving the streets of downtown wasn't as dreadful as the hot

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Coins We Love: Market Update

So How is the Coin Market? The most common question we hear from collectors (or from dinner party guests, it seems!) is “how’s the coin market?” It’s kind of funny, because I wish there was a succinct answer that we could give everyone, but there’s so much

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Currency We Love: Expanded Currency Offerings @ DLRC!

One of the long-term projects and improvements to our website that we had on our list of goals was to improve our currency listings so we could offer more in this category of numismatics. After several months of working on this, we kicked off the website improvements and have a

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Coins We Love: The Prodigal Package!

We’re generally not in the habit of telling stories about shipping, but every once in a while we have to share the escapades of some of our packages. As most of you know, we do our absolute best to get packages out in an expeditious manner. Sometimes it'

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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