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Coins We Love: ⚓Auction Anchors⚓

This week JB attended a small, dealer-only show in Tampa before returning home. We had planned on attending the upcoming PCGS Invitational Show in San Diego next week as well, but due to some unexpected circumstances, we’re having to pass on it and prepare for our next big event

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Coins We Love: ✨Numismatic Safety and Education✨

As we were reviewing the prices on the coins in this week’s message, it somewhat surprised me at how difficult the “value” portions were to develop. It’s typically been the easier part of our write-ups as we have to make quick, decisive decisions when buying coins. So, when

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Coins We Love: 😄Never the Same😄

The weather is absolutely gorgeous this time of year in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. The leaves are starting to change, the breezes are blowing, and the coins are flowing as well! I was chatting with Jason this week and we were talking about the overall coin market. While

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Coins We Love: 🍂🍁Autumn Updates🍂🍁

Thank you once again for the kind words in response to last week’s email. The feedback regarding bringing new collectors, both young and old, into the hobby and making the barriers of entry easier to manage were incredibly encouraging. While we’ve definitely had renewed hope for the longevity

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📢Coins We Love: No Buyers Fees?!📢

Sometimes I have absolutely nothing pertinent to write about in our office, so I take the Doogie Howser approach and try to figure out what direction my head went today. The 3 topics that I thought I might address are: 1. Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery 2. Why

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🔥Coins We Love: September Specials!🔥

First of all, thank you for all of the comments about last week’s message. I was frankly a bit surprised at the amount feedback, but was thrilled to hear from you. Feel free to hit reply if you want to join in on the love of coins this week.

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🌟Coins We Love: Dazzling Dahlonega Gold🌟

We’ve entered the post-ANA time of year where school starts back up, coin dealers are paying their bills from the ANA show auctions, and there’s a lull in the action. Historically, the lulls come 3 times a year: April’s tax season, the post-ANA exhaustion period, and around

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Coins We Love: DLRC's Auction Advantage

One question that tends to come up often with collectors is why should they participate in our Sunday Auctions? The answer typically takes customers by surprise, as one main reason is to get items at the best possible price. Our starting bid is basically a transparent reserve level that the

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Coins We Love: 💰🌽 Corn or Coins? 🌽💰

The weeks after the ANA World’s Fair of Money are a bit tricky. We have a ton to catch up from in the office and there are always issues that need to be taken care of yesterday. So, once you get past the first week and a half of

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Coins We Love: World's Fair of Money Recap

Last week we enjoyed all the typical ongoings of a World’s Fair of Money - some amazing exhibits, constant buying and selling, it’s a whirlwind of nonstop motion and decision-making. Jason, Julia, and Andy pulled up the rear at the ANA show last week and returned home Saturday

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Coins We Love: Live from the World's Fair of Money

The Super Bowl of the numismatic year is occurring this week and we’re coming in live from the bourse floor in Rosemont, Illinois, at the ANA World’s Fair of Money. In the beginning of the week, I had a wild idea that we would try to communicate the

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Coins We Love: Road to the ANA

This week started off uneventfully with a little trip about 450 miles away to pick up a nice group of coins. That’s just over the number of miles that I want to drive (by 200!), so I hopped on a short, direct flight for the trip. The actual trip

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Coins We Love: The Future of the Hobby is Bright

Two of the most frequently asked questions that I’m faced with are regarding the future of the hobby are: 1. Are collectors leaving the hobby in larger numbers than are entering? 2. Are there young people interested in the hobby? If so, where are they? Well, I’ve always

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Coins We Love: Countdown to the World’s Fair of Money

This week there was an opportunity to attend a regional show in St. Louis, but we declined on the trip as it’s surprisingly difficult to get to St. Louis from Norfolk. It turns out sometimes it’s just better to be in the office as collections and deals seem

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Coins We Love: Calling for Consignments!

Well, word has it that the Summer FUN show was the busiest it has ever been…collectors crowded the aisles and there were dealers hanging around until Saturday afternoon (which is a rarity). Unfortunately for us, our travel was thwarted, but we were thrilled to hear of the activity that

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Coins We Love: Weather Changes Plans

For those of you hoping to drop by to see us at the Summer FUN show, we’re sorry for the late notice, but Hurricane Elsa canceled our flights and we were unable to make it down there this week. We are as disappointed as anyone with the issue, especially

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Coins We Love: Return of the Coin Show and a Hot Market

Well, I had a nice little message about the summer in Virginia Beach written, but then an email came through regarding the sale of the majority of NGC to Blackstone (an Investment Group). We’ve heard rumors about this for a week or two, but we didn’t know if

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Coins We Love: An Energetic Market

Wow, good to be back at the office this week, but it’s always a roller coaster! We’ve had coins flying in and out this week, with a large number of new pieces and a couple of small collections that are soon to be offered in our weekly auctions.

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Coins we Love: Update from the Blue Skies

At the moment I’m somewhere over New Mexico, returning from the PCGS show in Las Vegas. We still have a presence at the show through Friday, but due to responsibilities in the office I needed to return on Thursday. Overall, the show was a bit sparsely attended this time

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Coins We Love: Expanding the Hobby

The biggest news of the week in the coin business was the recent sale of what is now the most expensive coin ever sold, the 1933 $20 PCGS/CAC MS65. Sold by Sotheby’s as an individual item in a sale of just three pieces, the coin re-entered the market

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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