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Message:: [QUOTE="MSG 78, post: 6437604, member: 112660"]The trays were apparently repurposed all the time, with new writing over old. Even now I understand stickers are placed over old trays to add information on a new coin. The handwriting on the boxes seems to match writing from Yale curators from the mid-20th century. So, it was assumed all the coins once resided in the Yale collections. Were they sold from the collection legally? We don't know. This collection came to us third hand after being offered a year ago in a Skinner auction where it was first sold (so far as I know). The irony is, I was fascinated with these little coin trays and we, at CNG, performed extensive research on the collection when we first got it. Had we not done that research, none of this information would have come to light. Our discussions with Yale were completely cordial. We reached out to the consignors once it was determined that Yale would like to have the coins back. The end result was a return of the coins to the home where they once resided. A final comment, I believe the prices on the trays were the prices Yale initially paid for the coins.[/QUOTE]