coins we love Coins We Love: ANA National Coin Week This week, April 21st-27th, we celebrate National Coin Week. A week-long tradition established by the American Numismatic Association with the goal of “attracting the general public to our hobby and consequently increasing our membership.” This year is especially important as it marks the 100-year anniversary of the first observance of
coins we love Coins We Love: Market Report Just about every week here at DLRC, we huddle up and discuss, “What is the current state of the market and where should our focus lie?” During the boom of the Covid years the answer was consistently “The market is completely insane, so hurry up and find more coins to
coins we love Coins We Love: We've Got Layaway! I’ve spoken with quite a few of you this month who were dreading this week due to the typical April 15th tax date. I get it. It’s hard to buy coins when you have possible payments or unknown returns coming your way. This is the first time that
coins we love Coins We Love: From NASCAR to Napoleon The coins keep rolling along here at DLRC. With the explosive bidding action in the most recent Red Carpet Rarities auction, we’re thrilled to have the next group ending this evening. This time the featured lots aren’t all super expensive, high-end gold issues. There’s a variety of
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: Auction Closes TONIGHT! There is a growing crescendo of activity here at DLRC, working its way through the office and into the numismatic world. With the onset of our new auction series, the Red Carpet Rarities, we have seen new bidders and new consignors clamoring for a piece of the pie. The deals
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: The FUN Show Means More Sometimes a coin show is more than a coin show. The FUN Show is one of the two biggest shows of the year. It runs seamlessly (if you can forgive the nickel and diming that occur at check-in for your booth, the lack of trash cans, and the security concern
coins we love Coins We Love: Happy New Year! Happy Holidays Everyone! We hope that each of you are enjoying some of the quickly approaching winter weather and time with family or friends during this holiday season. The office has been running with limited staffing during the holidays as we have a number of folks out of town with
coins we love Coins We Love: Happy Holidays! Thanks for the emails last week. As I mentioned, it was a little odd to be discussing the family adventures in Las Vegas, but I appreciated the kind words…and at some point I guess we just have to own who we are. At DLRC we’re not an unidentifiable
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
