David Lawrence colored dots....

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• rhedden Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2014 2:20PM

  The red one might mean that they want a good photo of the coin because it's strong for the grade. Someone at DLRC said something to that effect. Maybe they were BS'ing me and it means the coin is on clearance.

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• Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2014 2:24PM

  I seem to recall someone else asked this question here on the forum since I've been a member and the dots were inventory related?

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• DavidLawrence Posts: 277 ✭✭

  October 27, 2014 8:27PM

  The dots have no specific meaning except for inventory control to let us know when a coin has been imaged. The colors are random -- Avery sells them in multicolor packs.
  
  Now, if you see a hand-written letter "C" in a dot, that means a camera was used to create the image (vs. flatbed scanner).
  
  

  John Feigenbaum

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• AMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2014 11:00PM

  
  
  << <i>The dots have no specific meaning except for inventory control to let us know when a coin has been imaged. The colors are random -- Avery sells them in multicolor packs.
  
  Now, if you see a hand-written letter "C" in a dot, that means a camera was used to create the image (vs. flatbed scanner). >>
  
  
  
  Myth busted by the man himself.

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• Coin Finder Posts: 7,701 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2014 11:16PM

  Thanks!!!

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• DavidLawrence Posts: 277 ✭✭

  October 27, 2014 11:31PM

  You're welcome. It's a question we get asked quite frequently, actually.

  John Feigenbaum

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• ebaytrader Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭

  October 27, 2014 11:33PM

  
  
  << <i>Does anyone know what the colored dots mean on the labels David Lawrence puts on slabs? >>
  
  
  
  
  Is using the term "colored dots" even appropriate in this enlightened age?

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• coindeuce Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 28, 2014 11:41AM

  
  
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  << <i>Does anyone know what the colored dots mean on the labels David Lawrence puts on slabs? >>
  
  
  
  
  Is using the term "colored dots" even appropriate in this enlightened age? >>
  
  
  
  Well, yes. Yes it is.
  

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• JBatDavidLawrence Posts: 509 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 28, 2014 12:30PM

  If anyone wants to send us packs of dots with only single colors, we're happy to use those instead!
  
  

  John Brush
  President of David Lawrence Rare Coins www.davidlawrence.com
  email: John@davidlawrence.com
  2022 ANA Dealer of the Year, Past Chair of NCBA (formerly ICTA), PNG Treasurer, Instructor at Witter Coin University, former Instructor/YN Chaperone ANA Summer Seminar, Coin World Most Influential, Curator of the D.L. Hansen Collection

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• ColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 28, 2014 2:57PM

  I think green dots mean they are selling at double their cost and red dots mean they are selling at more than a 3% loss. Yeah, right.

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