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DLRC Presents: The Super Sunday Sale!
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DLRC Presents: The Super Sunday Sale!

DLRC is proud to announce that its first Super Sunday Internet Auction, #1154, is now live! We know you will be missing some action between the NFL Playoffs and the

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 15 Jan 2021 • 5 min read
Coins We Love: Numismatic Legacy
CWL

Coins We Love: Numismatic Legacy

We’re coming to you a day early this week as we’ve decided to close the office for a 4-day holiday weekend. As always, we be monitoring our voicemails

  • John Brush
    John Brush
John Brush 23 Dec 2020 • 3 min read
Coins We Love: Shipping Delays & Christmas Buffets

Coins We Love: Shipping Delays & Christmas Buffets

I had told several folks in the last week or two that I was wondering if we were going to be able to source neat coins for the next 4-5

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 17 Dec 2020 • 4 min read
Tantalizing $2.5 Gold
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Tantalizing $2.5 Gold

Quarter eagles were minted from 1796 to 1929, with many gaps along the way. They’re a very popular series among serious collectors due to the variety of design types

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 15 Dec 2020 • 3 min read
DLRC Holiday Collector Special!
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DLRC Holiday Collector Special!

Customer Appreciation Month at DLRC! The holiday season is fast approaching and it is a time to reflect on how we can show our appreciation for your continued business throughout

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 14 Dec 2020 • 2 min read
Coins We Love: A Wild Wintry Week!
CWL

Coins We Love: A Wild Wintry Week!

This has been an adventurous week in the world of coins. While the home life is starting to turn into HGTV re-runs and too many Hallmark Holiday movies, the dog

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 10 Dec 2020 • 3 min read
DLRC Press Release: Perfection Collection Concluded!
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DLRC Press Release: Perfection Collection Concluded!

David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) concluded its offering of the Perfection Collection, the #1 rated PCGS Registry Set of Seated Liberty Proof Half Dollars with CAC approval on Nov. 29th

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 3 Dec 2020 • 4 min read
Coins We Love: A Fond Farewell
CWL

Coins We Love: A Fond Farewell

I came to DLRC in July 2006 from a large, wholesale-based coin company in an attempt to move closer to family. While I had been in the coin business for

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 3 Dec 2020 • 4 min read
Seated Liberty Half Dollar Proofs & the Perfection Collection
Perfection Collection

Seated Liberty Half Dollar Proofs & the Perfection Collection

Proof coins from the mid-19thcentury are among the most under-appreciated issues in numismatics. Proof issues of all denominations were minted sporadically until 1858, when it is generally believed that the

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 25 Nov 2020 • 4 min read
Coins We Love: Thanksgiving Edition!
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Coins We Love: Thanksgiving Edition!

This week’s CWL comes to you a day earlier than normal as our offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. We appreciate your understanding and

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 25 Nov 2020 • 2 min read
Coins We Love: A New Wave of Collectors
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Coins We Love: A New Wave of Collectors

First of all, thank you to everyone who wrote back messages of all types and lengths regarding last week’s message. It’s always a please to hear from the

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 18 Nov 2020 • 2 min read
Coins We Love: November News!
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Coins We Love: November News!

This past weekend was absolutely beautiful and with the weather in the 80s the bike paths were active and the boardwalk in Virginia Beach had plenty of folks getting some

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 12 Nov 2020 • 3 min read
The 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent
1909 S VDB

The 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent

For almost 100 years of American history, it was illegal to put a real person on a coin. When the first coins were issued some people suggested putting George Washington

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 30 Oct 2020 • 2 min read
Panama-Pacific Commemoratives
Pan-Pac

Panama-Pacific Commemoratives

1915 was an exciting year for the United States. The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, a project begun

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 22 Oct 2020 • 3 min read
Morgan Dollar Registry Sets

Morgan Dollar Registry Sets

If you’ve been collecting coins for even just a couple months, chances are that you’ve already seen how immensely popular the Morgan dollar series is. Minted from 1878

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 21 Oct 2020 • 3 min read
How COVID Has Changed DLRC
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How COVID Has Changed DLRC

At DLRC, we have a slightly different view than most businesses when we look outside our windows. We don’t have a storefront, nor do we deal with the general

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 16 Oct 2020 • 5 min read
Coins We Love: Current Market Report
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Coins We Love: Current Market Report

We've added another week to the ticker of time being spent in Virginia Beach and not elsewhere on the coin circuit. A few shows have popped up in different areas

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 15 Oct 2020 • 3 min read
The 1897 Proof Set
1897 Proof Set

The 1897 Proof Set

The 1897 proof set was issued at an interesting time for the hobby, and its relative scarcity is not fully appreciated by collectors today. By many accounts 1897 was a

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 15 Oct 2020 • 1 min read
A Cartful of Captions
Caption Contest

A Cartful of Captions

Thanks everyone for submitting captions for our latest DLRC office image caption contest! While the DLRC staff has yet to decide on a winner, we wanted to share some of

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 9 Oct 2020 • 2 min read
Coins We Love: Laundry Week at DLRC
CWL

Coins We Love: Laundry Week at DLRC

We’ve had a particularly productive week at DLRC. Early in the week we received a hefty number of packages and we were able to get those turned around quickly.

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 8 Oct 2020 • 2 min read
The 1916-D Mercury Dime
1916-D Mercury Dime

The 1916-D Mercury Dime

Throughout the first decade of the 1900s there was a strong push to redesign the nation’s coinage, which many believed to inadequately represent the nation. In part due to

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 8 Oct 2020 • 3 min read
The 1888 $3 Gold
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The 1888 $3 Gold

The $3 gold piece was first minted in 1854, prompted by the price of stamps. At the time, a single first class stamp cost three cents, so purchasing a sheet

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 5 Oct 2020 • 1 min read
Coins We Love: Visit the ANA Museum!
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Coins We Love: Visit the ANA Museum!

Interestingly, I had a lot of feedback from readers this past week regarding my horse-riding experience. I never realized that there was such a cross-over between coin collectors and horses,

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 1 Oct 2020 • 3 min read
Lesher's "So-Called" Dollars
So-Called Dollars

Lesher's "So-Called" Dollars

This week we are excited to offer an intriguing new collection – the Broad Bay Collection of So-Called Dollars. "So-Called Dollars" are medals from the 1800s and 1900s roughly the size

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 30 Sep 2020 • 3 min read
The 1804 $10 Gold Eagle
1804 $10

The 1804 $10 Gold Eagle

The most famous 1804 coin may be the silver dollar, but it wasn’t the only interesting piece bearing this date. 1804 was the last year of the Draped Bust

  • davidlawrencerc
    davidlawrencerc
davidlawrencerc 27 Sep 2020 • 2 min read
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