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Provenance rediscovered...

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Turns out one of my favorite purchases from the Heritage NYINC sale has an illustrious provenance not noted in the catalog:

Benedetto Pistrucci, the designer

JG Murdoch, Sotheby, 1904

Baron Philippe de Ferrari La Renotiere, Sotheby, 1922

Capt. H E G Paget, Glendining, 1946

H M Lingford, Glendining, 1950

Herman Selig, Spink, 1999


Not bad, eh? image

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Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
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    Any other details from the previous descriptions? Any specifics on the alloy of the white metal?
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All I can tell you is that Spink called it lead, not white metal.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Way to go, Andy!

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    edit: looks like it could use a dip...image
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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    Very nice coin Andy!

    Being able to reconstruct the provenance is a good thing. The time spent is always worthwhile in the end.
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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Awesome coin Andy.
    Bill

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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    That's really cool!

    So which one did the auction listing leave out??

    My wantlist & references

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So which one did the auction listing leave out??

    All of them!
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    A wonderful acquisition, Andy!!!
    Askari



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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A wonderful acquisition, Andy!!!

    It's amazing how far money goes on the darkside, isn't it? Feels like US coins 20 years ago. image
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's amazing how far money goes on the darkside, isn't it? Feels like US coins 20 years ago.

    MrEureka - Here's a Gobrecht half dollar splasher I let slip through my hands 17 (!) years ago for a "mere bag of shells". The Pistrucci splasher you just bought reminds me of that piece.



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    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,587 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "unif" = uniface, right?

    Took me a minute to figger out.

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "unif" = uniface, right?

    And "P Crn" = pattern crown. Isn't it obvious? image
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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