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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 1968546, member: 57463"]I keep all the attribution and provenance.  I would never destroy the original insert, but include it with my own identification.  At worst, on a simple 2x2, I would note in your case for example, "ex CCE 8/21/2014" and then a code for the price.  My code is pretty simple, but it keeps things uncluttered because it reduces numbers to letters. M=13, etc., so $130 is JM = 10*13.  But most of all, above all, I keep all that provenance because otherwise all you have is a bunch of Chinese or Bulgarian fakes that you imported.  Another thing is that I always include catalog or sylloge identifiers: SNG von A. 1983 VAR or "PdA [Poey d'Avant for medieval France] 5951."  Otherwise, all you have is a claim or assertion and the buyer has to go back and re-attrbute.  And if you disagree, then what?  How do you know what the coin was supposed to be? When I am not on a project as a technical writer, I work as a security guard because my degrees are in criminology.  Guarding at night is a good way to catch up on your reading... but for EMT Dispatch, I hope that when I call in with my Area Code 734 phone, you see that my GPS puts me in Austin, Texas... if you are not too busy with your coins (ahem)....[/QUOTE]