coins we love Coins We Love: Baltimore was Just "Fine" This week is Spring Break for my kids, so we are enjoying a few days at the beach. As a result, I’m a little bit less involved with the ongoings at the office, but it’s a welcome respite from the last six months of travel. The naps, waves,
coins we love Coins We Love: Live From Charm City! Unfortunately, a last-minute family issue prevented me from attending the ANA Midwinter in Colorado Springs last week, but Andy and John Call held down the fort and made us proud in the middle of a blizzard. This week, I am part of the team going to Baltimore and we’re
coins we love Coins We Love: DLRC can Text! This week we have our team at the snowy ANA Mid-Winter Show in Colorado. As they return home, the next group tags in heading to the Whitman Baltimore show. So, if you see coins on our website that you want us to bring along, please email us at coins@davidlawrence.
coins we love Coins We Love: Roll That Beautiful Coin Footage! I can honestly say that I don’t think that we’ve ever had so many coins come our way here at DLRC. Maybe we have had more in quantity at some point, but as far as quality goes, this is a unique time. As some of you may have
coins we love Coins We Love: Happy Leap Day! Happy Leap Day! It feels like years since I’ve been able to say that. Yes, that’s today's bad dad joke. I think it’s just the exhaustion of traveling this week! Most of us have made it home from our adventures, except for the team at
coins we love Coins We Love: Life on the Road Life on the road continued this week with a jaunt to Salt Lake City, Utah. I had the privilege of sorting multiple sets of coins and finalizing the primary sets in the D.L. Hansen Collection. We’ve sold quite a few triplicate issues in the past and many upgrades
coins we love Coins We Love: Guten Tag! One of my goals running for the ANA Board of Governors was that I wanted to reach out and learn more about parts of the hobby that were unknown to me. I looked at this honor as an opportunity to not only learn more about how I could serve the
coins we love Coins We Love: There's No "Right Way" This week I’ve been traveling a lot, but it’s allowed me to think about some conversations I’ve had with customers over the last few weeks and about the “culture” of numismatics and how things differ between collectors and collecting styles. It’s quite interesting, as there’s
coins we love Coins We Love: Red Carpet Rarities Auctions We put out a press release today announcing our new Red Carpet Rarities Auction Series! You can read the whole press release here. As we’ve had some amazing collections brought to us in recent months, it’s become increasingly noticeable that collectors want a place to highlight THEIR collections.
coins we love Coins We Love: A Peacock Named Wes These weekly messages can sometimes be challenging to write. I was a stringer in college for a local newspaper and the editor of the sports section in my college newspaper, but that was merely because I wanted free access to sporting events and needed the money to get through college.
coins we love Coins We Love: FUN Events! We’ve had a few extra days to mentally process the FUN Show and all of the events that occurred during the week. I keep thinking “Man, I’m still really tired.” While nothing was notably different than the past several FUN shows, it felt weird. This year, the pre-show
coins we love Coins We Love: Las Vegas Fun! As mentioned last week, the PCGS Members Only Show was a rousing success last week. The bourse floor was bustling and the trading activity was outstanding. We didn’t expect it to be as active as it was, but we returned with 3-4 boxes of fresh, new inventory, including some
coins we love Coins We Love: End of the Year Rush This has probably been the busiest holiday season we’ve seen in numismatics! With the number of collections we’ve had coming in at the office over the last few weeks, we’ve been processing, imaging, and evaluating coins left and right. This is an exciting time, but it often
coins we love Coins We Love: Office Ongoings I’m tempted to sound like a broken record and talk about the upcoming collections coming through the office again. However, I can't elaborate on the coins yet, so I’ll save that for another week. Let’s just say that we have some amazing, high-quality pieces coming
coins we love Coins We Are Thankful For: Happy Thanksgiving! Having been on the road for at least part of the last 6 weeks, I have something new to be thankful for… being home for the Thanksgiving holiday! The coin business does require an abnormal amount of traveling to visit customers, pick up coins, attend trade shows, etc…but it’
coins we love Coins We Love: Did Someone Flip the Switch on Thursday? Better late than never! We apologize for the late CWL message, but we have been thoroughly tied up with the show (in a good way)! Yes, it’s Baltimore week. And, while it’s kind of like Groundhog Day when you wake up here, there’s always some little thing
coins we love Coins We Love: Up Next - Baltimore! As we wrote about last week, we were all over the East Coast. The New Hampshire show was small, but Amandeep found a few treasures including a complete GSA Dollar set which will be coming to auction in a week or so. South Carolina was a success for John Call
coins we love Coins We Love: Four States in One Week It has already felt like an intensely busy week and it’s not even Friday yet! John Call was on the road to North Carolina and middle Virginia picking up some interesting deals on Monday and Tuesday. That’s when we split up into three different directions! John Call is
coins we love Coins We Love: Where Do You Hide Your Coins? Come see us next week at the Nashville, Tennessee IMEX Show on Friday or Saturday, or at the SCNA Show in Greenville, SC on Thursday or Friday. We’ve spread out our show locations due to the busy schedule, but we hope to run into you at one of these
coins we love Coins We Love: Numismatic Field Trips Pt. 2 Honestly, I didn’t know what I was getting into when I ran for the ANA Board. I knew that I wanted to help make a difference in the largest coin-collecting organization in the world, but I didn’t really know what that would entail. After the election, we were
coins we love Coins We Love: Numismatic Field Trips Pt. 1 I’m writing this on a flight from Colorado Springs to Denver, Colorado. I’ve never been on such a large jet with so few people. And, for less than 15 minutes! But it’s fitting as I’m in the middle of a series of trips that I’ve
coins we love Coins We Love: What's Happening at DLRC? Our good news for the week is that our office renovation is nearly complete! We’ve been setting up makeshift offices and rotating locations for the past month while the water-damaged carpet is replaced and the walls are painted. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and by
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
