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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3951329, member: 99456&quot;]An interesting thread for both coins once owned by famous collectors, and coins issued by famous collectors.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although it is not ancient, here&#039;s another coin from the latter category (definitely more accessible than the coins with provenance tied to great collections).&nbsp; [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] - great John Q. Adams Vespasian! and [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] great Buddy Ebsen!</p><p><br /></p><p>Frederick II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg appointed Ernst Tentzel as “curator of the coin cabinet”.&nbsp; Tentzel published in 1705 “<a href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZQ9v-vxKtuAC/page/n7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZQ9v-vxKtuAC/page/n7" rel="nofollow">Saxonia Numismatica</a>”.&nbsp; In 1712 Frederck II purchased the collection of Anton Gunther II von Schwartzburg-Arnstadt (1653-1716).&nbsp; (<a href="https://coinsweekly.com/numismatics-in-gotha/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsweekly.com/numismatics-in-gotha/" rel="nofollow">relevant Coinsweekly article</a>).&nbsp; Here&#039;s a coin of Frederick II from 1706:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1041108[/ATTACH]German States, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, <b>Frederick II</b>, Copper, Heller</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmet with tall ornament above oval Saxony arms</p><p><b>Rev:</b> F.S / GOTHU / ALTENB / HELLER / 1706[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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