coins we love Coins We Love: The Smithsonian Collection As a young child, I was lucky enough to have two coin clubs in Greenville, SC, that were just 30 minutes down the road. My calendar was built around coin shows within a 2-4 hour radius and the major coin events like the ANA Summer Seminar, with school coming in
coins we love Coins We Love: When Tragedy Strikes Some of you were affected by slight delays in our shipping over the past two weeks, and we truly appreciate your patience. We didn’t elaborate on “why” at the time, but as Jason mentions below it’s been a wild few weeks. We’re glad to finally be back
coins we love Coins We Love: D.L. Hansen Collection Update As promised two weeks ago, I wanted to share a brief update on the Hansen Collection from our recent trip to the Pittsburgh ANA. With the final auction session from the Bass Collection, there was one coin that was needed and a few others that we wanted if they were
coins we love Coins We Love: Dealer Differences As Robert Burns wrote in 1785, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry…” I was intending to do a mini Hansen Collection update this week, but in honor of college football starting this weekend, I’m going to have to punt that until next Thursday. The
coins we love Coins We Love: Warning - ANA Recap! The ANA’s World’s Fair of Money has concluded and we made it home! Warning: This is very long. So, if you don’t want to read these ramblings from the show, scroll down quickly to see the Highlights of this week's Coins We Love. Overall, the week was
coins we love Coins We Love: Live From The Burgh! Pittsburgh has been a rather polarizing city for many of the attendees at the show. However, I have to come out on top and say that we’ve really enjoyed our stay here. While it was quite difficult to get here with limited flight options, we all made it here
coins we love Coins We Love: See You at the David Lawrence Convention Center! Next Week: See DLRC Live at the David Lawrence Convention Center! This week is a quick turnaround for me! After a week of teaching young numismatists at Witter Coin U, I returned back to the office for a week to get everything ready for the big one, the 2023 ANA
coins we love Coins We Love: Witter U Doing? As mentioned last week, we have a few folks on vacation this week and I’m busy teaching young people at Witter Coin University. As in the past, it’s been a wonderful event and a great opportunity to share our love of coins with the next generation. We have
coins we love Coins We Love: Events Galore! This week’s CWL comes to you from a recovering FUN Show team. Why are we recovering? Let’s just say that airlines don’t make traveling as easy as it used to be. Sometimes the best laid-out plans don’t often work out. But we made it home eventually
coins we love Coins We Love: It's a FUN (Show) Time! This week finds Julia, John Call, and I visiting sunny Florida for the Summer FUN show. Unlike the past several years, the weather has cooperated and we made it down with only a few delays. The action has certainly been strong with the number of dealers attending that are looking
coins we love Coins We Love: What's New at DLRC? As many of you know, we closed our office on Monday and Tuesday to allow our folks to get a little breath of fresh air this summer. It’s been an incredibly busy season at DLRC and the four-day weekend was a refreshing time for all of us. The invigorating
coins we love Coins We Love: Has it Already Been 20 Years?! DLRC will be closed Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, July 4th so that our employees can be with their families. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Happy 4th of July! In October 2003 I started traveling to coin shows with my past employer. One of my first
coins we love Coins We Love: The Watch List is Here! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been able to chime in as the CWL author, but after the end-of-school-year vacation and a brief trip for a coin deal, it’s back to the old coin press! As many of you have seen, we’ve continued to make
coins we love Coins We Love: Coin Show Adventures Last week John C. and Amandeep were in Pittsburgh for a show and this week I found myself making a quick trip to the PCGS Members Only Show in New Orleans. As most of you know, it’s necessary for us to travel frequently to acquire inventory or pick up
coins we love Coins We Love: Brand NEW DLRC Website! After months of work, we’re finally thrilled to share with you the new and improved DLRC website. For those of you who checked it out on launch day yesterday, we very much appreciate the kind words that were shared! If you are a returning customer trying to log in,
coins we love Coins We Love: Happy Star Wars Day! Yes. It’s May the Fourth! This may be the most popular “holiday” that doesn’t exist in this galaxy. We had to throw a few Star Wars highlights at the bottom of the email. So, “May the Fourth be with You…” for the rest of the day. PLEASE READ:
coins we love Coins We Love: How Fresh is Fresh? This week finds us at the Central States Show in Schaumburg (don’t call it Chicago), Illinois. While we’ve already been here a few days, our staff has been so active at the show and in the office, so we’ve decided to hold off on a show report
coins we love Coins We Love: See You at the Show! The price of gold has continued to teeter around $2,000 with a few drops below over the last week. While it has certainly created a lot of excitement for those dealing in bullion products, I would say that it hasn’t had a significant impact on rare coins. The
coins we love Coins We Love: Upcoming Collections This week we have the privilege to offer two really neat collections in Sunday’s auction. While neither is monstrous in value, they were both painstakingly put together by true collectors and we are proud to partner with the sale of these sets. The Bayou Buffalo Collection is a set
coins we love Coins We Love: Vote for John Brush! Like many of you, we continue to watch the price of gold jump, relax, and fluctuate this week. With the price over $2,000 last week, there was a lot of excitement on the bullion market, which created some demand in the rare coin market as well. While it seems
coins we love Coins We Love: Workin' on the Website Every week, the CWL message seems to have a theme. However, I admittedly struggled to figure out what was really happening at our office this week. For the past month, I’ve been busy with website development and making adjustments before our final launch. As a result, there wasn’t
coins we love Coins We Love: Back in Baltimore The team is at the Baltimore show this week and things seem to be going pretty well. Unfortunately, it seems that a number of the larger dealers decided to skip out on this event due to the scheduling right behind the National Money Show. That, and the fact that several
coins we love Coins We Love: On The Road Again We reported on the Phoenix show last week, but didn't mention that Friday turned out even better than we expected! We had a lot of visitors that came by to look at our inventory and chat with us, many being customers of ours. We picked up a collection at the
coins we love Coins We Love: National Money Show Report Our apologies to everyone who asked about our weekly update not coming on Thursday. To be honest, I didn’t even realize it was Thursday until late in the day, so we missed our deadline. Hopefully, we can all close out the week on a good note though! This week
coins we love Coins We Love: The Dog Bought a Coin?! I’ll lead with the fact that we’re preparing for the Phoenix ANA National Money Show. We’ll be in attendance Wednesday, March 1st - Saturday, March 4th, so if you’re in the area and want to stop by, we’d love to see you at tables 413-415.
