Post your coins that have pedigree to famed collection

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  1. Seba79

    Seba79 Well-Known Member

    Holly crap!! 2 known!?!?!?
    Your collection is really magnificent.
     
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  3. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    400-344 BC, Thessaly Lamia AR hemi drachm, ex BCD collection 400-344 BC GR 1-2 d obv.JPG 400-344 BC GR 1-2 d rev.JPG
     
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  4. tibor

    tibor Supporter! Supporter

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    This piece also from the Cervin collection. Missed it in 2003,
    won the coin in 2018. Per Robert Levinson, only two known.


    A NO DNI CCCC XXV

    CONR ADI RCPI MAG
     
  5. 1934 Wreath Crown

    1934 Wreath Crown Well-Known Member

    An even bigger chunk of change nowadays :D:D:D;)

    I saw an interesting analysis regarding the purchasing power of this coin and thought I'd share it here:

    "It is tricky to estimate the purchasing power of the Ptolemaic mnaieion in terms of the modern economy. Although we possess price and wage data from Ptolemaic Egypt, our modern standard of living is so much higher that comparisons may not be entirely reliable.

    The average price of an artaba of wheat during the reign of Ptolemy II was 2 drachms. The mnaieion, equivalent to 100 drachms, could purchase 50 artabas at this average price. The current price of wheat in the US, as of 30 August 2019, is $4.60 per bushel. The bushel and the artaba are nearly identical measures of volume-a bushel is equivalent to 27.2155 kg, an artaba to 30 kg. The current price of 50 bushels of wheat, $230, could be deemed more-or-less equivalent to the mnaieion. This figure should be increased by 10%, to $250, to account for the 10% difference between the bushel and the artaba. However we should take into account that one of the blessings of modern life is an abundance of inexpensive food.

    The typical pay of an ordinary soldier in third-century Ptolemaic Egypt was 1 drachm per day, thus 30 drachms per month. (The Egyptian month was exactly 30 days long.) The mnaieion was equivalent to a soldier's pay for 3-1/3 months. Current pay for an enlisted soldier in the US Army, at the lowest pay grade, is $1680.90 per month (1). This amounts to $5703 for 3-1/3 months. According to this measure, then, the mnaieion would be equivalent to $5703.

    During the reign of Ptolemy II the pay of a mounted patrolman was 100 drachms per month, exactly one mnaieion (2). This may be compared with the pay of a California Highway Patrolman (3): minimum $4357.25 per month, average $7443 per month, maximum $12,714 per month. The average pay of a Texas Ranger is $4167 per month (4). It would be tempting to adopt the low figures of $4167 and $4357.25 because of their congruence with one another, and their relative closeness to the figure derived from military pay. But documents from third-century Ptolemaic Egypt indicate that the pay of mounted patrolmen fell in a range from 20 to 100 drachms per month (5). There were probably different pay grades, just as in the modern military and in other modern organizations, and 100 drachms per month was apparently the top pay rate. According to this example, the mnaieion would be equivalent to $12,714.

    We can certainly conclude that the mnaieion had great purchasing power, but in terms of its modern equivalent the best we can do is suggest a range between $4000 and $13,000."

    I did a deal with the owner and paid him in grain to feed his starving family:D:D:p
     
  6. 1934 Wreath Crown

    1934 Wreath Crown Well-Known Member

    Poland 1925 20 Zlotych......The Commander Collection:

    1925 Poland 20 Z Obv.jpg

    1925 Poland 20 Z Rev.jpg
     
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  7. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1732 Gelderland VOC duit from the George Anderson collection 1732 G VOC 1 d obv.JPG 1732 G VOC 1 d rev.JPG
     
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  8. fred13

    fred13 Junior Member Supporter

    François I (1515-47) gold Ecu d'Or au Soleil
    The auctioneer claims it from the 'Kadison Family Collection" Again a rather unknown provinence :D





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  9. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    So this sent me down a hunt but I think I found some details about the provenance. I found the 2007 annual report for the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery that discusses a Mrs. Carita Kadison who was apparently married to a Stuart Kadison. It looks like they (and their collection) are best known for the Chinese porcelain. The couple appears to have a photobook published that dates to c. 1860-1900 so that is probably around the time the collection was amassed.
     
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  10. fred13

    fred13 Junior Member Supporter

    now that is in fact interesting thanks :)
     
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  11. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    I have been back at work, so had no time. Today its snowing so have day off. I do lawncare for a living, according too Wreath Crown's analysis, I would make 1 Oktodrachm a week (90 hrs) = $9K for doing lawns;) I guess that means I should not complain.
     
  12. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Here is one from collection of famous tenor Enrico Caruso
    AV Aureus ND Ticinum Mint R-4/ FDC IMG_0072.JPG IMG_0073.JPG
    Constantius I Chlorus 305-6AD
    This specimen was from Tkalec auction/ 3-4 known
     
  13. 1934 Wreath Crown

    1934 Wreath Crown Well-Known Member

    Awesome Aureus:happy:
     
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  14. 1934 Wreath Crown

    1934 Wreath Crown Well-Known Member

    Switzerland 1666 Zurich City 1/4 Ducat from The Redwood Collection

    1666 Switzerland Zurich Obv.jpg

    1666 Switzerland Zurich Rev.jpg
     
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  15. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Love Swiss cantonal coinage!!!!
     
  16. yarm

    yarm Junior Member

    From the Pittman Collection, a farthing by J. Westwood. Westwood produced a penny, halfpenny and farthing in this design for sale to collectors.

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  17. chuckylucky5

    chuckylucky5 Well-Known Member

    From the Michel Prieur Collection
    ANCIENT SILVER BILLON TETRADRACHM TRAJAN DECIUS - 249AD-251AD
    Minted in Antioch 250-251 AD NGC Mint State - Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5
    Trajan Decius Obv.jpg Trajan Decius Rev.jpg
     
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  18. robp

    robp Well-Known Member

    W/SA halfcrown Allen dies D-23.
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    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

    Excessively rare, this is the only known example of this die pair and consequently illustrated in all the 20th century catalogues listed above. The rare bit is the reverse die which is also known paired with the right facing bust shilling, this coin also unique, but now in a museum.

    Probably struck at Shrewsbury in the month or two before it fell to Parliament in Feb.1644/5
     
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  19. robp

    robp Well-Known Member

    1645 Oxford Halfcrown, Morrieson F-7

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    A few more names of note associated with this one.

    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 2/1999

    This is interesting from the oversized reverse die. The obverse is pretty much all on flan, but the reverse legend is partly off flan over the bottom half. That suggests that prior to rubbing down and re-engraving, the die had previously been used for a larger reverse such as those of the crown, pound, half-pound or triple unite, because there is no way only half the letters would be punched in.
     
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  20. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Zeno (emperor of the East, A.D. 476-491). AV Solidus. Thessalonica, A.D. 476 or later.

    Pedigreed to the famous Louis E. Eliasberg Collection.

    RIC 941. Metcalf 223. Choice VF. 4.27 grams, 20.40 mm. Obv Helmeted, cuirassed bust three-quarters facing of Zeno, holding spear and decorated shield. Rev Victory standing l., holding long cross, two stars in field. A scarcer issue. Scratched in right obverse field and holed, otherwise Choice VF.

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    That one used to be the centerpiece of my old trademark "Holey Gold Hat". If you look closely, you can see it on there.

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    Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Dr. Jacob Terner Collection
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    Ex-Dimitri Gotzamanis, Athens, Greece (aka "SYRACUSIAN" on Collectors Universe), January, 2005, through a private trade. Prior provenance to the collection of Dr. Jacob Terner, purchased by him in 1982 and sold by Goldberg's as Lot 406 in the Pre-Long Beach Auction of May 26-27, 2003.

    As I've had this coin since early 2005, it is the longest-held piece in my collection (not counting two childhood keepsakes and my metal detector finds album). It survived the major purges I made in 2013 and 2019.
     
  21. robp

    robp Well-Known Member

    Philip & Mary portrait penny, so 1554-7. Not a thing of great beauty, but quite rare and a provenance that goes back a long way.
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    J D Cuff 1041, Sotheby 8/6/1854
    E Wigan, collection bought Rollin & Feuardent 1872
    H Webb 309, Sotheby 9/7/1894
    H Clark 155, Sotheby 23/5/1898
    A A Banes 57, Sotheby 30/10/1922
    E H Wheeler 342, Sotheby 12/3/1930
    C Corbally Browne 409, Sotheby 25/3/1935
    W L Raynes 473, Glendining 15/2/1950
    Spink 6, lot 589, 10/10/1979
    R D Shuttlewood 301, Spink 15/3/2001
    C Comber
     
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