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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barry Murphy, post: 7934775, member: 79368&quot;]You can normally tell from the toning if a coin is going to have an old provenance or not. I have a pretty good working knowledge of the coins in the important collections, Pozzi, Hunt, Jameson, Weber, Lockett, Pont d’Amencourt etc… and have all those readily accessible at my desk. Something that looks like it should have a pedigree I will check the standard works to see if the coin is published there. I don’t spend a lot of time leafing through sales looking for a 1950s pedigree in a no-name glendinings sale or something similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Concerning $100,000 coins, I will compare the dies with as many examples as I can locate to confirm the coin hasn’t been altered. I even do this with less expensive coins, especially when something about the coin rings alarm bells.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barry Murphy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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