Post a coin with a cool provenance

Boosibri · September 5, 2020 8:42AM

This piece ex Norweb

BSmith · September 5, 2020 9:33AM

Ex. Prof. Jeffery P. Mass
William J. Conte
J.J. North
H. R. Mossop

 Short Cross Penny   Vb1

MyWorldCoinTypeSet · September 5, 2020 11:02AM

1887 Belgium Franc, ex Syracusian

1930 Switzerland 5 Rappen, ex coinlieutenant

1802 Prussia Pfennig, ex Preussen

1789 Hungary 1/2 Thaler, ex Zohar

Maybe someday I will be able to add an ex Boosibri coin to these.

jgenn · September 5, 2020 11:30AM

ex Norweb, ex Von Shuckmann

Boosibri · September 5, 2020 1:08PM

Ex Huntington

bidask · September 5, 2020 1:15PM

bidask · September 5, 2020 1:19PM

Finest known set!

Boosibri · September 5, 2020 2:41PM

Ex Medina-Norweb-Rudman-Lustig-Boosi

harasha · September 5, 2020 7:28PM

Offhand, the only thing that I think I have is light side:

scubafuel · September 5, 2020 9:10PM

Ex Jenks-Newcomer-Clapp-Eliasberg

Iosephus · September 5, 2020 9:20PM

Medal of André Tiraqueau, 1552.

Ex Jacob Hirsch XXIII, 26 November 1908, lot 69 (Arthur Löbbecke collection).

Reproduced in the engraving for Trésor de Numismatique, Italy Part 2 (1836), plate XXXI, no. 5.

Abuelo · September 5, 2020 9:30PM

Mexico Peso 1902/inv 2 CN JQ, Norweb

Abuelo · September 5, 2020 9:32PM

Mexico Republic gold 2 Escudos 1861/0 Ga-JG MS61 NGC, KM380.3. Guadalajara mint, assayer, "JG". Ex Pitman.

Abuelo · September 5, 2020 9:40PM

Rudman's:

And the most important provenance, my grandfather's, it was his favourite coin (this cannot be beaten):

Abuelo · September 5, 2020 9:49PM

Rudman:

Stuart:

Sapyx · September 6, 2020 1:09AM

I don't have many provenanced coins. Especially with my ancients, I have no provenance beyond "I bought it from this collector or that dealer". Which is sad, as I would much prefer to know when and where my coins were found. I do, however, have one coin for which I know its entire modern history.

This coin isn't much, in terms of rarity or value. But it was originally part of the Martock Hoard, one of the small minority of medium-sized modern-day coin hoards that ended up intact on the open market when none of the local museums wished to purchase it. A local dealer here in Australia purchased some coins (including this one) directly from the dealership that was granted monopoly permission by the finders (who were confirmed as the legal owners once the hoard was disclaimed by the Crown) to sell the hoard in England. Thus, the provenance for this coin runs:

ex Romanorum,
ex Silbury Coins,
ex Matthew and Paul, metal detectorists
ex Martock Hoard, found 21/7/2012 in a ploughed field near Martock, Somerset, England.

Given the apparent near-pristine condition of the coin and the local mintage, it appears to have had very little if any local circulation in ancient Roman Britain prior to being buried, so we can even speculate about it's pre-burial provenance:

ex some moderately wealthy Roman dude who buried his family fortune and never came back for it,
ex London Mint.

Thus, I almost have an entire 1700-year-long history of this coin, from its creation down to me.

Nap · September 6, 2020 4:46AM

Here are some British Anglo-Saxon coins from the collection of Archbishop Sharp:

John Sharp (1645-1714) was Archbishop of York and an early coin collector. His English hammered coin collection was kept in his family for 300 years after his death! They were finally sold at auction in 2017.

Two of the coins above, the stycas, were from the Ripon coin hoard found in 1695. The others have unknown provenances but were documented as being in the collection inventory around 1700.

Boosibri · September 6, 2020 4:52AM

Ex Alexander Patterson

Zohar · September 6, 2020 7:46AM

EVillageProwler · September 6, 2020 8:00AM

This hoard was deposited in the 870s CE, so at most I am missing a tiny portion of this coin's entire history.

Ex Lloyd Bennett inventory, item HC3550-3782.
Ex Morrison, acquired 1984.
Ex H.A. Parsons Glens, 11-13 May 1954.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1921.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1916.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1914.
Ex Carlyon Britton, Sotheby (November 17th 1913).
Ex Marsham Townsend, Sotheby (November 19th 1888).
Ex Croydon Hoard, 1862, listed by Blunt and Dolly 1959.

Boosibri · September 6, 2020 8:50AM

Ex. Calberto, Habertheuer

bidask · September 6, 2020 9:47PM

Ex Norweb

robp2 · September 7, 2020 7:02AM

W/SA halfcrown, Allen dies D-23. None better, none worse.

E W Wigan, collection bt Rollins & Feuardent 1872
H Webb (I) 560, Sotheby 9/7/1894
J G Murdoch 194, Sotheby 8/6/1903
G Hamilton Smith 126, Sotheby 21/7/1913
Sir K Vaughan Morgan 336, Sotheby 17/6/1935
V J E Ryan 1307, Glendining 22/1/1952
J R Vincent (no D-23 in 1955 sales so presumably purchased separately by Spink)
J G Brooker SCBI 33 no.1153, collection acquired by Spink 1979-80
SNC 3/1986 no.1080 £350!
SNC 2/1990 no.276 £1500
SNC 7/1992 no.4217 £1250
A Morris, purchased from R Richardson 2/1999
From Lloyd Bennett 15/4/09

robp2 · September 7, 2020 7:05AM

Oxford 1645 halfcrown, Morrieson dies F-7

Mrs Street, collection bought by Marsham
R W Marsham-Townshend 563, Sotheby 22/11/1888
H Montagu (III) 516, Sotheby 17/11/1896
G Hamilton Smith 95, Sotheby 21/7/1913
R C Lockett 2460, Glendining 17/10/1956
F Willis 298, Glendining 5/6/1991
A Morris from R Richardson 2/99
From Lloyd Bennett 7/9/09

robp2 · September 7, 2020 7:13AM

W/SA Groat with mm. Rose/Helmet. Much rarer than the lis marked groats with 1 in the BM, and of the three available, this is by far the best, with one chipped and creased, and the other holed.

H Montagu (V) 401d, So 16/11/1897
H O O’Hagan 512j, So 16/12/1907, bt Weight
B Roth (I) 330b, So 19/7/1917
H W Morrieson 659a, So 20/11/1933, bt Seaby for stock
V J E Ryan 1331b, Gl 22/1/1952
F Baldwin Collection
F Brady 378, SCA 209, 6/10/2011
Bt from Ian Davison 9/9/2019

edwardjulio · September 7, 2020 12:26PM

NLH

TwoKopeiki · September 7, 2020 3:20PM

You guys with your cool provenances.

Boosibri · September 7, 2020 3:24PM

@TwoKopeiki said:
You guys with your cool provenances.

I have a few coins you should buy at add an ex Boosibri provenance to your set

TwoKopeiki · September 7, 2020 3:27PM

@Boosibri said:

@TwoKopeiki said:
You guys with your cool provenances.

I have a few coins you should buy at add an ex Boosibri provenance to your set

I like that one Ping me with what you have. I think I'm almost done splurging before doing another purge in a few months, but for now there's always room for more 8 Reales!

Bob13 · September 7, 2020 10:00PM

Here's an ex @Boosibri !

BSmith · September 8, 2020 12:37AM

Edward The Elder Penny

Ex. Richard Cyril Lockett

Edward IV Penny

Spink Coins Of England plate coin
Ex. Andrew Wayne
Carlyon- Britton
Richard Cyril Lockett

Euclid · September 8, 2020 6:28AM

My only coin with a provenance:

Ex. Frank Rose Collection

brg5658 · September 8, 2020 8:25AM

Ex @Zohar :

Ex @rwyarmch :

JohnnyCache · September 8, 2020 2:03PM

Ex. Eric Newman

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Ex. Brian Boosi

Boosibri · September 8, 2020 2:06PM

@JohnnyCache said:
Ex. Eric Newman

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Ex. Brian Boosi

One of those provenance may be more appealing to the masses than the other

scubafuel · September 8, 2020 2:37PM

"One of those provenance may be more appealing to the masses than the other"

Well, one of them had just a BIT of a head start on you. Let's check back in 60 years...

Abuelo · September 8, 2020 4:43PM

Forgot, Newman:

jgenn · September 8, 2020 7:08PM

ex TwoKopeiki, ex Dunigan

ex Kraljevich, ex Q. David Bowers, ex Haiti hoard

bosox · September 9, 2020 10:13AM

I bought this in the Cook sale. ex. Farouk, Norweb, and Belzberg. 1858 copper nickel trial piece in SP66. The cover coin on the 2020 Charlton catalog.

Boosibri · September 9, 2020 10:32AM

@bosox said:
I bought this in the Cook sale. ex. Farouk, Norweb, and Belzberg. 1858 copper nickel trial piece in SP66. The cover coin on the 2020 Charlton catalog.

Amazing piece!!!

SYRACUSIAN · September 9, 2020 3:41PM

Paul, thank you! 👍

Very well known American collector (Of the 40s and 50s) pedigree, (the shadow on the reverse gives it away), that I refuse to say in public before it is sold, never mind the holder, because either way there will be some spirited bidding on that one, no need to increase the fight!

Senator32 · September 9, 2020 5:12PM

I may be bias.....

TwoKopeiki · September 9, 2020 5:23PM

@Senator32 said:
I may be bias.....

Hi Bias, I'm Dad.

cardinal · September 9, 2020 7:49PM

Senator32 · September 10, 2020 5:49PM

@cardinal :

Holy cow that is amazing. I think you win the thread

trueblood · September 11, 2020 5:44PM

@Senator32 said:

@cardinal :

Holy cow that is amazing. I think you win the thread

Damn!

Que_sai_je · September 12, 2020 5:32PM

Ex Count Ferrary. He had hundreds of coins not normally struck in proof (or even in gold) made for him by various European mints in the late 19th century. Also had the most comprehensive stamp collection ever assembled.

cecropiamoth · September 12, 2020 6:08PM

These are both ex Pittman.

I like the Jamaica Pennies of 1869-1969 with the alligator and pineapple coat of arms of Jamaica. Farthings and Half Pennies of the period have the same design, I just prefer the larger denomination coin. In 1969 Jamaica went to a decimal coinage.

As a distant side project, I'm working on a ruler type set of these (5 coins...Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI and Elizabeth II). It extends to ten coins if design changes are considered within each ruler are considered.

The Edward VII example, 1905, PCGS MS65 (pop 2/4) ex Pittman --

The George V example, 1919-C, PCGS MS66 (pop 1/0) ex Pittman --

Jeff

trueblood · September 20, 2020 8:40AM

@Boosibri said:
This piece ex Norweb

What a spectacular piece.

Boosibri · September 20, 2020 8:50AM

@trueblood said:

@Boosibri said:
This piece ex Norweb

What a spectacular piece.

Had it on the BST for a time

jgenn · November 13, 2020 2:30AM

ex Maurice Storck. No mention about his interest in world coins but here's a nice example

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