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Message:: [QUOTE="Volodya, post: 2499236, member: 19615"]I'll take a stab at this. The envelopes with 21 & 147 are no doubt from whatever sale Rick originally purchased these coins from. Almost certainly that's pre-CoinArchives, so even with access to a world-class catalogue library it would be a tedious job to figure out which sale, from which firm, that was. I'm reasonably sure that the notes are in Rick's handwriting; I've seen a lot of it, but not for several years. (I didn't know there'd be a quiz!) I have none on hand to compare. Perhaps Carthago could check his catalogues purchased from Rick's library and confirm that that is Rick's handwriting. #228 in NAC 61 is indeed not the OP coin, but it IS part of the Crawford 56 series. I doubt that's a coincidence.  I'm guessing the coin was scheduled for RBW I but pulled from the sale late in the process for whatever reason and replaced by the coin that did run in the sale. If that's correct, it follows that NAC just didn't bother to reprint the tag. That would be unsurprising. They do maintain an inventory in London; no reason why it couldn't contain RBW coins. Lastly, I note that the OP 56/3 was obtained from a recent CNG E Sale. Why not ask them what light they can shed on this?[/QUOTE]