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Message:: [QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 2465496, member: 9204"]Okay, as the individual who has been responsible for flipping 90% of the coins sold at CNG since 2010, I think I'm uniquely suited to answer your question. For the BCD - the ticket obverse gives the region (Thessaly), the city (Larissa), and the reference (not included here). The reverse gives the source, in this case 'GMBH.' BCD bought from EVERYONE in Europe and North America, so GMBH is probably just some small time dealer or collector he met at a show. This is followed by the date purchased (October 1979), and the cost (2200 Swiss). The other ticket is from the seller, GMBH. Unless its a common name - Glendining, Spink, etc - there's really no point in looking for it. The little Polaroids could have possibly been from a seller's list, but remember that BCD was extremely generous in sharing his collection with scholars, so for certain series EVERYTHING has been imaged. This one was likely photographed to be shared with Cathy Lorber during her study on the facing head coinage of Larissa. In addition, some BCD coins, particularly those of Pharsalos, come with tiny blue tickets. These are from Lavva's die study, "Die Münzprägung die Pharsalos."[/QUOTE]