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<p>[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 5206412, member: 100136"]I had a funny experience with regards to the question of provenance. I recently purchased a coin on Vcoins which is making its way to me in the post from America. </p><p><br /></p><p>As is my usual practice I sent an email after paying to ask for any provenance information that the seller might have. The response I got, about a week later, sounded like I had spat in his cornflakes. It told me that everything he knew about the cheap coin was in the listing, and warned me about other sellers listing fake provenance to generate business. </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally would have been happy with being told that it was purchased from a private collection in x country, or that it was purchased at y auction, but I guess that that is asking too much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 5206412, member: 100136"]I had a funny experience with regards to the question of provenance. I recently purchased a coin on Vcoins which is making its way to me in the post from America. As is my usual practice I sent an email after paying to ask for any provenance information that the seller might have. The response I got, about a week later, sounded like I had spat in his cornflakes. It told me that everything he knew about the cheap coin was in the listing, and warned me about other sellers listing fake provenance to generate business. I personally would have been happy with being told that it was purchased from a private collection in x country, or that it was purchased at y auction, but I guess that that is asking too much.[/QUOTE]
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