Coinflation - I thought I had invented a word today. My concept of the word was a combination of the post-pandemic increasing prices and the often-discussed concept of gradeflation. Both of these terms affect coins and their value. I googled it and went down a rabbit trail of reading. How

I was speaking to a dealer friend of mine yesterday for the first time since the ANA show in August. His business is quite different than ours as he runs a successful shop and operation on the West Coast. However, we like to bounce ideas off of each other as

Like many of you, I have been a collector of one thing or another for nearly all my life. For me, it was baseball cards, comic books, arrowheads, various old padlocks, pocket watches, and knives that my grandfather continuously gifted to me. And of course, coins! Have you ever considered

For the past year, we have talked about how hot the coin market is and how prices have steadily risen across the board in almost all series. As prices increased we found it harder and harder to find/buy coins, particularly from other dealers. The market may not have peaked

We survived the 2022 World’s Fair of Money. Instead of doing a complete write-up this week, I wanted to share a few bullet points of interest. Funniest Part of the Show: The shoe shine guy had his booth set up about 20 feet from our table. After three days

This week we are at the ANA World’s Fair of Money in Rosemont, IL. We arrived on Sunday for the pre-show trading room and have literally been running non-stop since. As of today (Thursday morning), there have been breakfast appointments, dinner events, and a full day of working at

The ANA World’s Fair of Money is next week and we are so excited to see you there! This week has been hectic as we plan, prepare, and pack for the week-long national show. However, we have been gearing up for a while and we think we're just about

Picking up from where we left off last week, we indeed did get to visit the original mint in San Francisco on Thursday evening. While the original building was destroyed years ago by an earthquake, the vault that housed the gold during the California Gold Rush was virtually unharmed due

This week, the team is holding down the office, catching up on coin processing, and figuring incoming packages. However, I am pretending that I’m a lot younger than I actually am by spending the week teaching a class at Witter Coin U and hanging out with young numismatists. We

It’s hard to believe that the summer is basically half over! That means that the ANA's World’s Fair of Money is coming up in less than a month. We’re being dragged kicking and screaming back to Rosemont, but at least we know where we are going and

As some of you may have noticed in the past two Coins We Love, I took a break from writing the messages, as I was on vacation with my family. I hope that you enjoyed hearing from a few different people. From the survey results, it’s clear that we

The CWL started as a simple idea back in 2015 to help keep our customers informed of DLRC news, industry happenings, and new special coin offerings. It has since grown into a weekly email put together by a small team of individuals at our office with thousands of readers each

Something I always ask myself when buying coins for DLRC is, “What is the current state of the market?” For roughly a year now the answer to that has largely been: robust beyond belief! It took me a while to shift my buying habits so that I could buy a

Growing up, I never expected to be a coin dealer. I found it to be a fun hobby that integrated with my interest in history and it was something that I could share with my father (and later my mother). But, it was never something that I thought could be

The coin hobby doesn’t really have “seasons” as there is always activity somewhere across the internet, but the same doesn’t always hold true for shows. We returned from the recent Whitman Baltimore Show last week and the result was exactly what we expected. The show was incredibly well-run

This week finds us in Baltimore for the Summer Whitman Expo. I did spend a day before the show sleuthing for coins but was absent during the big trading day on Wednesday due to a 5th-grade graduation back home. However, we’re all back together now for the show on

We hope that you were able to take some time this past Memorial Day to honor those who have sacrificed so much for our country. I know that we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the world around us, but in our little corner of Virginia, it’

This week finds John Call and I in New Orleans at the PCGS Members Only Show. It’s been rather active and we’ve acquired a few new coins that you’ll be seeing in the coming weeks. But, as a result of the beignets and jambalaya, we’re a

In today’s world of robocalls and fraud alerts, our “scam radar” always seems to be on ready standby. Whether it's car warranties, credit card offers, or my kids seeing too good-to-be true Lego deals on Facebook, it seems we’ve all become a bit cynical when it comes to

We have returned from the Central States Show with a lot of momentum and we’re now catching up on several deals that have come through our offices in recent weeks as well as collections that are hitting our website on a weekly basis. The news throughout the coin business

If you follow our CWL newsletters and the website weekly, you’ll notice the attention we try to bring to each customer collection we offer. We feel that these offerings are unique and deserve more attention than the normal certified material. For one, we want to let our bidders know

This week finds the DLRC team set up at the CSNS show in Schaumburg (don’t call it Chicago), IL. While I (John) am unable to attend due to some obligations at home, we’ve dispatched the J-Team (John, John, Amandeep J, and Julia) to represent DLRC. So, if you’

This week John is out of the office, so our guest commentary is coming in from Julia, who is introducing herself. We hope that you enjoy getting to know her a little bit more and please don’t hesitate to reach out to her directly at julia.smith@davidlawrence.com

This week has simply been a week of heads down, grinding through, and catching up. We have a number of exciting auction consignments listed in the upcoming weeks, the Cooperstown Commemorative Collection (Classic Silver Commems) and the Azalea Collection of Morgan Dollars (Circulation and Proof). Both groups are running without