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Coins We Love: 🌸Spring into Numismatics 🌸

With Baltimore right around the corner (next week!), we’re busy gearing up for that event. If you have coins to sell or if there is something in our inventory you would like to see in Baltimore, please email us at coins@davidlawrence.com. We’ll be attending all day

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Coins We Love: 🍀Better Luck in Baltimore🍀

As some of you know, we decided to take a quick buying trip to the ANA National Money Show in Colorado Springs last week. We weren’t intending on fully attending the show as the logistics for the trip were difficult and the location of a show in Colorado during

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Coins We Love: ✈🌱Going and Growing✈🌱

The month of March is numismatically "in like a lion and out like a lamb" this year. We made a last-second two-day trip to the ANA National Money Show in Colorado Springs, have a collection to pick up in two weeks, and will be setting up at the

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Coins We Love: 👉Spotlight on John Call👈

*Continuing our series of introducing folks, both old and new at DLRC, we have a fresh, new introduction to our team this year. We’ve been remiss in announcing his arrival, but those of you who have seen us on the road in 2022, may have met John Call, who

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Coins We Love: 🌷Is it Spring yet?🌷

Spring is almost here in the Tidewater area of Virginia with some lovely days in the 70s, followed by a day in the 20s. As they say locally, if you don’t like the weather today, just wait until tomorrow. At the moment, we’re enjoying it as best we

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Coins We Love: 🏃Exit Strategy🏃

This week has been a long one already, but quite successful. In the office, we have the current auctions featuring a pair of fascinating collections, including a fantastic Registry Set of Walking Liberty Halves [https://www.davidlawrence.com/en-us/us-coins/united-states-half-dollars?tb=309549&PriceLow=0&PriceHigh=100000000&

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Coins We Love: 😜Trust the Process😜

This week has brought about a flurry of activity! We’ve brought in a set of Walking Liberty Halves to auction, multiple groups of Morgan Dollars, and a few more interesting collections that you will see in the coming weeks…all on top of the offerings from the D.L.

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Coins We Love: 👉Spotlight on Matt!👈

This week we set aside for another “get to know your numismatist” and Matt decided to share a bit about his background with us. Please enjoy and give Matt a "hello" with your thoughts after reading! (matthew.kavalek@davidlawrence.com) If anyone told me growing up, or really

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Coins We Love: 🙌Patience is a Virtue🙌

“It takes time (and patience) to build a great collection.” This week feels like the first time in a while that I’ve had the opportunity to review want lists and refresh myself on some items we’re in search of for the Hansen Collection. As I was looking for

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Coins We Love: 😳Are Coins Taxed?😳

We’ve basically recovered from the FUN Show and the week of activity there, but as we’ve returned, we’ve had our hands full with the post-show auction - we were bidding on a few more additions for the Hansen Collection. While we typically expect a week of slower

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Coins We Love: 😀FUN in Review😀

First of all, thank you to all of you who stopped by to visit us at the FUN Show. We understand many of you didn’t feel comfortable attending and we completely respect that and hope that some of the offerings we’ve written about below capture your attention. I

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Coins We Love: 👋Until Next Year!👋

We’re wrapping up 2021 with this final year-end Coins We Love. It’s been a strange year, but a good one for us and we appreciate all of the support, friendship, and conversations that we’ve had with you this year. So, thank you! While 2021 was an excellent

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Coins We Love: 👉Spotlight on Jason👈

Numismatic Spotlight: Jason Smith Like most kids growing up in the 60’s to 70’s, I was introduced to coins by earning a weekly allowance for doing household chores, receiving coins for birthday presents, doing well in school, and even trading teeth with the tooth fairy. I was born

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Coins We Love: 👏Customers before Coins👏

This has been a fun week at DLRC as we spent a considerable amount of time re-organizing parts of our office to make it a better experience for everyone. With a few moved desks and a bigger storage area, the office feels like a new home! The clean-up was prompted

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Coins We Love: ❄December Already?!❄

It’s that time of year once again. As the calendar turns to December, the market has historically gotten a bit quieter as collectors and dealers alike prepare for the holiday season. As we’ve learned during the current pandemic, this hasn’t necessarily been the case for this holiday

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Coins We Love: Thanksgiving Edition

Well, I spoke too soon. Yes, I said last week that the Thursday attendance at the Baltimore show wasn’t what I had hoped, but Friday turned that around completely. The public attendance on Friday far outpaced our expectations and we were busy from start to finish. We did leave

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Coins We Love: 🎥Live from Baltimore🎥

This week found us at the Baltimore Show for the first time in 2 years. It was a nice return to the Whitman event and one that has been incredibly successful for us. While the retail traffic is still a bit lackluster compared to what we expected, the wholesale activity

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Coins We Love: 🎵Come and Knock on Our Door🎵

It’s been a hectic but good week at DLRC. With the calendar turning to November, we find ourselves getting ready for the Whitman Baltimore show next week. In all honestly, I think that the pandemic has made us forget about how much work it is to get ready for

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Coins We Love: 😳You Misplaced WHAT?!😳

The past week has been an incredibly active one. We have two REALLY great collections being offered over the next two weeks: the Hillsborough Morgan Dollar Collection and the $3s Company Collection of $3 Gold. The Dollar Collection is a complete set of Morgan Dollars with a true focus on

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Coins We Love: 💰Treasure Town💰

To say that we’ve been busy the past few weeks would be an understatement. Of course, we haven’t been too busy to celebrate the fact that our (rather, my) Braves made the World Series for the first time since 1999! As a Tennessee/Atlanta fan the past 15

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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