coins we love Coins We Love: Baltimore Again Baltimore; kind of feels like Groundhog Day. They do a great job running this show and it’s always a consistent winner when it comes to attendance, business, and activity. Looking back at 20 years of attending Baltimore Shows I realized this week that I surpassed having spent an entire
coins we love Coins We Love: Deals and Dealmakers The Deals: Here at DLRC, we seem to have hit a nice little run of deals coming our way recently! With the Brooklyn Collection and the Stockyard Collection recently ending, we continue to anticipate more consignments and deals coming our way so we can continue to load the website with
coins we love Coins We Fear: Happy Halloween! Happy Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve, and Reformation Day! We hope that everyone is having a great week. It’s been an incredibly busy one here with the normal goings-on while adding a return from the SCNA show. It was a quality event for us and we had a blast
coins we love Coins We Love: What Happens at Small Shows? The lifeblood of the hobby of numismatics is the collector. The wholesale market revolves around what is in demand, what can be sold to collector (eventually) or what folks find interesting. Ultimately, the more we try to branch out as a hobby/industry, the answers really comes down to “what
coins we love Coins We Love: Active Yet Calm Last weekend’s visit to the local Tidewater Coin Club Show was an enjoyable one for us. While it’s not as big as the hustling and bustling national shows we typically attend, it was nice for our staff to get a few hours away to see what a live
coins we love Coins We Love: Exciting Website Upgrade! This week, if you’re in the local area, come see us at the Tidewater Coin Club Show at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. We’ll be set up all day Friday and Saturday! We didn’t have a local presence for years due to tax issues, but we’re
coins we love Coins We Love: We Bought a Business?! First of all, our thoughts and prayers are with those in the southwestern part of North Carolina and in my hometown area of upstate South Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. While my friends and family seem to be fine, the scenes have not been pleasant and while we’re in a
coins we love Coins We Love: September Happenings This week doesn’t seem to be too remarkable, but things are always moving in many different directions. But, as I’ve said before, the joy in what we do is that every day we come into the office and absolutely nothing is the same. You don’t know what
coins we love Coins We Love: Numismatic Economics With the recent interest rate drop, it made me start thinking further about the economics of numismatics. During the Covid lockdown, we saw the price of coins skyrocket. Of course, everyday items also increased (remember the toilet paper scarcity?) to the point that we’ve reached now, where fast food
coins we love Coins We Love: Tampa's Version Does a coin show really happen if no one shows up? I jest…this has been the best dealer-attended new show that we’ve seen in over a decade. The dealers really showed up and all of the tables are occupied. Unfortunately, the public attendance seems to be lacking. Perhaps
coins we love Coins We Love: Busy Show Season Schools have officially started back, the evenings aren’t as warm and humid, and things are slowly getting back to what seems like normal. Overall, the ANA Show and the incredibly busy summer of shows and events have finally ended and we’ve had a few days to catch our
coins we love Coins We Love: Upcoming Tampa Show This week finds us gearing up for the three-day holiday weekend! Our office will be closed on Monday, but our website is always open with thousands of coins available for bidding and outright purchase. If you need anything over the weekend, email us. We will be checking our inboxes and
coins we love Coins We Love: Focusing on the Fun To know me is to know that running a business isn’t my first love. I realize that and am not afraid to admit it. The coins are truly what energizes my passion. The stories, the history, and the beauty…that’s really the fun part. If you look at
coins we love Coins We Love: A Successful World's Fair! We touched on the first days of the World’s Fair of Money last week and the later days continued the positive aura that carried the show. Overall, we had a record buying event and an uncommon number of sales in all price ranges. As I’ve been explaining to
D.L. Hansen Collection Dell Loy Hansen Starts Crossing Historic Collection to CAC Grading CAC Grading Press Release - Aug. 8th, 2024: In what the President of CAC Grading describes as “the biggest news event in the history of third-party grading,” the owner of the most valuable collection of United States rare coins is now in the process of submitting all of his primary
coins we love Coins We Love: Award-Winning Website! We’re thrilled to announce that we won the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) Award for the Best Dealer Website for 2024! Our programming team of Tyler and Lisandro, along with Andy’s work laying out the content of the site are to be commended! As our most avid readers will
coins we love Coins We Love: See You In Rosemont! Any coins you want to see in person? Email us at coins@davidlawrence.com to see them at the ANA World’s Fair of Money at Table 504. This week has been an absolute whirling dervish as I returned from teaching at Witter Coin U on Sunday evening, only to
coins we love Coins We Love: Last-Minute Cancellations Were Mint To Be Last Saturday, I was scheduled to fly to San Francisco with Wes to attend the Witter Coin U educational event. I’ve been honored to teach at this event for the past 4 years and it’s even more fun this year as Wes was invited to come back for
coins we love Coins We Love: A Market Reflection Recently, at the June Whitman Baltimore Expo, I was negotiating a deal of freshly certified silver dollars with a friend and fellow dealer when I noticed that several coins in similar grades had flopped in a recent major auction. In casual conversation, regarding the price, I mentioned those low comps
coins we love Coins We Love: Summer FUN The Summer FUN Show in Orlando marks the middle of numismatic's summer season. Overall, the show has gained new legs since the Covid pandemic and has turned into a decent regional event, with enough action to warrant attending. While there are fewer dealers here than some of the
coins we love Coins We Love: Summer Seminar Recap Happy Independence Day! While we are always thankful for our Independence, today we truly remember and enjoy the freedom we have as our own sovereign nation. However you choose to spend the day, we hope it’s a great one! If you are reading this, you are off to a
coins we love Coins We Love: Furthering the Hobby If you’ve been around the numismatic hobby long enough, you know there aren’t a lot of options for education professionally or as a dedicated collector. However, one of the best and longest-running opportunities for all collectors has now been running for over 50 years and two weeks ago,
coins we love Coins We Love: How Was Baltimore? The summer Baltimore Show has forever been considered an underwhelming show, as many of the larger dealers and the collecting public are vacationing or stepping back to take a break. Our own expectations were somewhat tempered going in, but as soon as we arrived it was surprisingly active! Andy was
coins we love Coins We Love: Capturing the Coin One of the most frequent compliments we receive from our customers is how they love the accuracy of our coin images. We appreciate this feedback as we go to great lengths to provide the very best and most accurate images possible. We wanted to take this week's Coins
coins we love Coins We Love: Today We Remember Today is an important day of remembrance. As I woke up and got ready, I had the opportunity to watch some of the D-Day Remembrance ceremonies that occurred in France this morning. While that was a generation before me, the shocking images, writings, and scenes available of this momentous event
