Pedigreed Coins. How far back can you trace the history/ownership of yours?

braddick

Do you own any pedigreed coins? If so, how far back can you trace their history? What type of documentation is acceptable as proof?
Coin Geneology.
I can see where it would be a fun sideline in collecting.

mdwoods

I can trace a very nice Lincoln cent I own back to a buy named Braddick. Mark

itsnotjustme

I can trace some 1959 proof sets, SMS sets, and a GSA Morgan back to the original owner. They arrived at my house in the original mint packaging complete with seller's name/address.

michael

i can trace an 84 cc i have all the way back to the mint in that year!!

and have the paperwork to prove it!

i have an indian cent also like the above i can trace but only with conjecture but it is almost like having the paperwork but just with words but have to rely on other numismatists and their writings it is true but without the paper in hand though i am convinced but needs lots of explaining

some other coins like the 1884 also! but the 1884cc i have the paperwork!!

sincerely michael

RotatedRainbows

I have an 1821 Bust Half that came from the Beck sale in 1975 and previously came from a 1962 Kreisberg-Schulmann sale. I purchased it in the late 80's, here is a Link To Auction Page when I purchased it.

Gemini

I bought an AU-50 1827 large cent that came from the Garrett Auction.
I bought it because I was very intriqued with the Garrett sale and wanted to own a small piece of it.
The only documentation I have is the envelope that it came in from Bowers and Merena with the name lot number and variety on it.

I also have an 1801 Dollar XF-45 that came from the Massachucetts Springfield Library and Museum collection when they decided to liquidate their numismatic holdings through Bowers and Ruddy Galleries.
There was a picture of it in the color plates and for me it was love at first sight.

Higashiyama

My only Eliasberg coins (an 1833 half dollar) has a pedigree to 1912, although the only "paperwork" is the Bowers & Merena catalogue.

DoubleDime

I have a Proof Set from the Eliasberg Collection. He was the orginal owner but I have traced it from him down to me.

kyleknap

I have found 8 or 10 coins that I own goin through Heritage auction archives. I have also found a few in older (1980's) Bowers and Merena auctions. I have 4 coins with pedigrees on the holder, but all are recent collections.

Kyle

Trime

It is really a shame that we can not know the history of the coins we have in our collections. Some would be like commuters with lots of short trips ( in and out of different collectors and dealers hands); others world travelers (longer trips to exotic places). What if we could know of each trip to the grading parlor and the outcome? Wouldn't it be interesting to know that your coin was a MS 64 PCGS and then tried 5 times to be upgraded finally ending up as a 65 NGC holder; dipped and crossed to a 65 PCGS. We now have collections of data on prices of auctions for the past 5 years with prices; we can go to the original sources and view at least those depicted; soon many of these compilations will include pictures to help attribute your coin.