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Coins We Love: Shows Galore!

This week, Jack will be attending the show formerly known as Tinley Park, which is now in Countryside (Chicagoland Area). Hopefully, he’s getting some home cooking too, because he’s starting to waste away! Next week, you’ll find Jack, Wes, Andy, and I in Savannah, Georgia, for the

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Coins We Love: All About Berlin

About a week and a half ago, I got back from the World’s Money Fair in Berlin, Germany. This was my first coin show outside of the country… Not to mention my first time out of the country. Originally, John Brush was supposed to tag along with me, but

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Coins We Love: We've Got A NEW Mint Director!

Coinage of the United States has had a rich but brief history when compared to the rest of the world. However, it is by far the most advanced market in the world of coins. The influences that have dictated designs and run the actual physical change within the country have

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Coins We Love: Target Acquired and Bounty Awarded!

Sometimes the DLRC Office feels like an episode of “Where’s Waldo?” in real time. This week Jack is off to the World Money Fair in Berlin, JB and Wes are on their way to DC for a special event that we’ll discuss more in next week’s message,

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Coins We Love: Busy January!

My wife has kindly reminded me more than once over the last few days that I’m gone more in January than I'm in town. It could be worse, of course, but it’s been a constant reminder that we are in one of our busier seasons of

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Coins We Love: Final FUN Show Evaluation

We left off last week before the actual show opened in Orlando, and we really didn’t know what to expect when the main event started — what we experienced was unlike anything in recent years. Setup on Wednesday afternoon was quite active amongst the dealers and it was generally a

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Coins We Love: 2026 is Starting Strong!

We’ve kickstarted the year—as usual—in Orlando, Florida, home of this week's FUN Show. To say that there’s excitement in the air this year is an understatement. It seems like every day we’re seeing record prices for precious metals and the buzz around it

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Coins We Love: Happy New Year!

We hope that you’re enjoying your black-eyed peas, collard greens, and cornbread…maybe I’m showing my southern roots a bit too much, but the tv advertisement for the buffet across the border in NC is reminding me of my mother's New Year's Day dinner

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Coins We Love: Christmas Edition!

We hope that everyone is enjoying the holiday season and we wish those of you celebrating today a Merry Christmas. Our offices are closed today, but will re-open tomorrow with a limited staff through the New Year. If we can be of assistance to you, please don't hesitate

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Coins We Love: What A Show!!

Generally, when we go to shows, we try to set some realistic goals for buying and selling to give us something to work towards. Coming to the PCGS Las Vegas event, our goals weren’t too high as we weren’t sure what we’d see here. But, I can

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Coins We Love: End of Year Consignment Special!

Upcoming Show: Next week, you’ll find Jack, Wes, and myself (John B) at the PCGS show in Las Vegas. If you’re planning on attending and want to see a coin from our website in-hand, please let us know before Monday! We’d be happy to pack it alongside

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Coins We Love: Welcome to December!

I was reading something the other day, and it struck me as funny. As the calendar rolls around to December, the meaning of the word is "the 10th month”! So, we’re entering the 12th month of the year using a term that means the 10th month. This sounds

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Coins We're Thankful For: Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!

Welcome to our annual Coins We’re Thankful For email. By the time you’re reading this, our office is closed, and we’re enjoying some time with one of the two “F’s”: family or football. In my case, hopefully both. Thanksgiving has long been my favorite holiday because

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Coins We Love: Fall Q&A Session

We often get asked a ton of questions throughout the year and occasionally we’ll try to stop and answer them along the way. So, this week’s CWL is a Q&A from questions gathered throughout the year! Q: Why don’t you attend shows on Saturday? A:

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Coins We Love: Baltimore... Again!

I once had a dealer tell me that they had tallied up how much time they had spent in Long Beach and Baltimore as a result of coin shows in those locales, and the tally of years was quite shocking. That being said, there are worse places to be, and

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Coins We Love: On to Baltimore

We’ve made it to our home away from home, Baltimore, Maryland for the annual Fall/Winter Whitman Expo. The trip up here was uneventful for once, but we had a late start due to the avalanche of coins that have fallen our way this week. This was a wonderful

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Coins We Love: When a Coin Show Isn’t a Coin Show

Sometimes we get a bit overly aggressive in scheduling travel to coin shows throughout the country. It happens every year (just ask my wife!), and we end up canceling one or two that we just can’t make it to, or we do back-to-back weeks with shows, only to return

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Coins We Love: On The Road Again

The precious metals market continues to fly all over the place. We thought that the week would start off with some possible calmness...until we looked at the prices on Sunday evening and realized that the week would likely be another roller coaster. Well, here we go again. I try

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Coins We Love: Numismatic Travel Journal

While everyone in the world of coins is writing about the meteoric price gains of gold and silver, we’re happy to give you a break from the metallic roller coaster-like news and bring you an alternative travel journal for numismatic service this week! Last week, I spent a few

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Coins We Love: What's Going On With Gold?!

I picked a heck of a week to travel across the country. Gold and silver continued to stretch their legs (and arms and neck!) and reached levels unseen. Generally, as we are not a bullion-focused company, it doesn’t have a huge effect on us. However, the last few weeks

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Coins We Love: Sometimes It's Better to be Wrong!

I initially came to DLRC to work with John Feigenbaum, assisting with more of the wholesale buying and selling. John was trying to pull away from the coin part of the company, and he knew that was something that I loved, so it was a good fit. I still enjoy

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Coins We Love: Road Trip

JC and Jack had planned to drive to Durham, NC, on Monday to pick up a massive deal. But, due to illness, I was subbed in at the 11th hour. So, after our scheduled Monday morning meeting, JC and I hit the road to drive the 3.5 hours to

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Coins We Love: Coins and Politics - A Match Made Where?

As Wes told me in a conversation regarding coins and the world around us on the way home yesterday, “I have no interest in the politics. I just want to play and study the coins.” I mentioned that it’s not always that easy, but we can certainly try to

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Coins We Love: Sugarfire was Fire!

A few weeks ago, Andy and I made a trip to St. Louis, Missouri, to purchase a massive collection from a long-time collector. This was an exciting milestone for both of us, since it was our first official million-dollar deal since coming to DLRC. Having done our homework ahead of

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Coins We Love: Finally Recovered, But Still Busy!

It feels a little ridiculous to say 2 weeks later that we’ve just now recovered from the ANA show, but I have to admit it’s the truth. The Labor Day weekend came in handy, and the wife’s insistence on staying home and regrouping was wise counsel (though