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DLRC Purchases ESM Collection of Proof Half Cents and Proof Large Cents

David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC [https://www.davidlawrence.com/]) of Virginia Beach has purchased one of the most impressive sets of Proof Half Cents and Large Cents ever put together. 1832 PCGS Proof 65 Red-BrownIn a private transaction, Mike Printz of Harlan J. Berk, Ltd (HJBLTD) and John Brush of

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Coins We Love: Summertime Selections

I still can’t believe it’s Thursday…When we get a four day week, we certainly don’t complain, but it makes for an incredibly hectic office. Not only do we have to get two days of work done on Tuesday, we have our hands full for the rest

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Coins We Love: Happy Memorial Day

This week was full of unexpected events. On Sunday I found myself scheduling a last minute trip Utah to visit the D.L. Hansen Collection for an evening before venturing to the PCGS Las Vegas Invitational show for a few days of buying coins. It was a fascinating trip as

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Coins We Love: Building Relationships One Coin at a Time

This week’s CWL features a number of high-powered auction coins. As our 2nd Super Sunday Sale [https://www.davidlawrence.com/en-us/?auctionids=665829] ends this Sunday evening, we wanted to share a few of our exciting offerings in this event. We understand that these aren’t a fit for

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Coins We Love: As the Coin Turns

While many of you know my background, some of the newer readers of the CWL don’t exactly know my role at DLRC. Yes, I’m the President, so I get to sign off on a lot of uninteresting documents, but my background is as a coin collector and a

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Coins We Love: Going the Extra Mile

The latest development at DLRC is the ability, or comfort level, to be able to travel for coins once again. This week John took off into the blue skies to visit some dealer friends, pick up a fantastic consignment from a long-time customer, and hit a small show in Sarasota.

Coins We Love: Expect the Unexpected

Jason and I had the pleasure of taking a friend out to lunch to discuss what we do at DLRC last week and Jason made a comment that is one of the most accurate statements I’ve heard about our operation - “no day is ever what you expect or

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Coins We Love: Numismatic Matchmaking

We were looking at a normal week this week, but COVID has really re-defined “normal” for us. The new “normal” here at DLRC is being “extremely active and busy every day!” Our weekly auction really turned up the heat over the final 2 days and the active bidders turned on

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Coins We Love: The Collector Contribution

Our website is the face of our company and if you don’t attend major shows it’s probably all you will ever associate DLRC with. As a customer or casual viewer, we always want to make your browsing, bidding and buying experience as fluid and fun as possible. No

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Coins We Love: April Updates

First of all, thank you for the feedback regarding last week's message, all the comments were very much appreciated. This week has been a more normal and relatively calm at DLRC. The past several months we've been asking for coins and just in the past few

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Coins We Love: The Coin Quest Chronicles

This past week it was finally time for me to hit the road again! My last trip was in March of 2020 to attend the auction of the 1854-S $5 PCGS AU58+ and as we landed in California, the shut downs had begun. Now over a year later I was

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Coins We Love: Spring into Numismatics

First of all, thank you to everyone who tuned in to my zoom presentation last week on the Hansen Collection. That was an entertaining foray for myself and I really enjoyed the Q&A part of the discussion. We’re very fortunate to have an organization like the Newman

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Coins We Love: March Numis-Madness

This week in the DLRC office has been an adventure! The number of collections that arrived at the office and that we’ve processed through has been impressive, the auction activity over the last few weeks has been spectacular, and the outright sales have even been greater. It just goes

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Coins We Love: March Coin Madness

I mentioned last weeks CWL message how the market has been continuing to heat up and coins are selling across the board in all categories. Well, that continues to be the case. Our auction last weekend brought about some record prices and a lot of bidding activity on coins of

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Coins We Love: March Market Update

While overall the action in the wholesale coin market (dealer to dealer trading) is relatively quiet, the opposite can be said about collector-based transactions, online auctions, and retail. Although we’ve seen the coin market become far more active during the pandemic, it’s been nothing compared to the boom

Coins We Love: The Light at the End of the Tunnel

We hope that our friends throughout the middle of the country have started to thaw out and that things are improving for you. This week we’ve noticed a rash of shipping delays that have occurred once again due to the recent weather issues. That, along with the high priority

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Coins We Love: Market Heats Up as Winter Intensifies

We understand that many of you in the middle of the country are dealing with some extreme weather conditions, so we hope that you are safe, warm, and healthy. We were lucky to avoid the mess this week on the southeastern coast of Virginia, though our folks in the New

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Coins We Love: Bushels of Deals

Well, the week started rather ominously with a few IT issues and the internet being down in our office. For those of you who normally get your invoices immediately and pay them quickly, we apologize for the delay! We got things moving along by noon and thanks to our billing

Coins We Love: Auction Insights

One of the most interesting parts of my job here at DLRC is setting up our Sunday Internet Auctions [https://www.davidlawrence.com/en-us?status=Auction]. I have found over the years that choosing the correct selection of coins to create the optimum quantity, value and mix of material is

Coins We Love: Always Adapting

It’s only been a week since my last CWL message, but it feels like so much longer. I can’t pinpoint exactly why, although I’m sure that it’s some combination of the ongoings at DLRC, the political changes, and the overall shifts in the numismatic universe (I’

Coins We Love: Jumping into January

Just when we were finally feeling caught up around the office from the holidays the packages starting flooding...Luckily we got a chance to start the Super Sunday Sale [https://www.davidlawrence.com/en-us/?auctionids=657813] a few weeks early before the Fedex and USPS drivers could find our office

Coins We Love: New Year, New Adventures

Well, we started off 2021 with a bang, literally and figuratively. The fireworks outside were tempered for the year, but it was a nice reminder that every 365 days we get a fresh start. Although we continue to face some of the limitations last year brought, we're beginning

Coins We Love: Good Riddance 2020

First of all, I want to thank each of you who shared a note with me (John) this week regarding my father. I received many touching stories of how collecting is so often a generational hobby that is passed down. I couldn’t even comment on them all, however I

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Coins We Love: Numismatic Legacy

We’re coming to you a day early this week as we’ve decided to close the office for a 4-day holiday weekend. As always, we be monitoring our voicemails and emails during our time away, so if we can help you, please just let us know. But, most importantly,

Coins We Love: Shipping Delays & Christmas Buffets

I had told several folks in the last week or two that I was wondering if we were going to be able to source neat coins for the next 4-5 months. Then today I look down and see we’ve spent another million dollars this week on great coins! It’