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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8252569, member: 26430&quot;]That&#039;s a great coin and another great blogpost on the Muñoz collection! I bought the following ex-Muñoz (in large part) specifically for the provenance (sadly mine didn&#039;t come with the 1978 ticket -- that&#039;s awesome!).</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is still in the NGC holder from the CNG-ANS-Bartlett sale (Keystone 4), since that was part of the provenance. In a post with a different theme I would comment more on the field symbol (plow) of which I&nbsp; cannot find any other examples sold or published or referenced:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454233[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1454235[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <a href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-38XBN7/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-38XBN7/" rel="nofollow">CNG Keystone 4 (2 September 2021), Lot 9</a></p><p>2. <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5872733-041/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5872733-041/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">NGC 5872733-041</a></p><p>3. Ex-American Numismatic Society (2018-2021) [Duplicate, never accessioned into museum coll.]</p><p>4. Robert W. Bartlett (USA, d. 2017) Bequest (several dozen of his coins remain in the ANS, mainly his Sestertius coll.)</p><p>5. Superior, 10 June 1981, lot 1512 (hammer $90), illustrated on p. 141</p><p>6. <a href="https://archive.org/details/miguelmunozcolle1981supe/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/miguelmunozcolle1981supe/" rel="nofollow">The Miguel Muñoz Collection</a>, Part Three, “The Dean of Mexican Numismatics,” well-known author of books on Mexican coinage, president of the Mexican Numismatic Society / Sociedad Numismatica de Mexico.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sale of the Robert W. Bartlett Bequest at CNG was wonderful as a catalog of the US ancient coin market in the 1970s-1980s. Many dealers, auctions, and coin shows are described in the provenance notes that one never sees mentioned elsewhere. I have many more notes saved, but here are my final paragraphs:</p><blockquote><p>...<font size="4">the catalog of his collection provides an especially rare snapshot of this important moment in the history of the American ancient coin market.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Within the framework of the American market, Bartlett bought quite widely: in many ways (by mail bid, from FPLs, in person), at many locations and events (local dealers, many coin shows), and from a wide variety of dealers and auctioneers (small and large, long-term and flash-in-the-pan, from Arizona to Nebraska to New England), and from other collectors. To examine his collection’s catalog is to look through the register of the American numismatic market of the early 1980s, featuring many famous sales and collections, but – perhaps more importantly – packed with listings from long-shuttered firms now familiar only to bibliophiles (those that produced catalogs), fellow dealers (who frequented the same shows), and the most mature of collectors (<i>New England Rare Coins</i>, <i>Auctions West</i> (Los Angeles, CA).</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>NEXT: Interesting Provenance again!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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