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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2778040, member: 76111&quot;]I recently acquired this rather scarce and interesting coin which came with some great old collector tags.&nbsp; The sale had a forward about the Stoecklin Father and Son who were the most recent owners (before me).&nbsp; The son died in 1981, I believe, and the family must be finally getting around to getting rid of his coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the tags are priceless to me.&nbsp; One of the Stoecklin&#039;s bought the coin in the famous Munzen und Medaillen sale of Dr. August Voirol&#039;s collection in 1968.&nbsp; It&#039;s really a great sale with nice RR coins and I own a few pieces from it.&nbsp; This is the first time I&#039;ve received tags from pre 1970&#039;s sales, and vanity tags at that made especially for the collectors (which is cool!).&nbsp; Deciphering the handwriting on the back of one of Dr. Voirol&#039;s tag one can see he purchased it from Munzen und Medaillen himself in June, 1958 for 375 Swiss Francs!&nbsp; Talk about having a nice trail to follow!&nbsp; I still haven&#039;t given up on finding if there is anything published by MuM on this coin into the 1950&#039;s but I&#039;m thinking it was a retail purchase.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Tracking down possible prior provenances is a large part of my collecting enjoyment.&nbsp; Having the original collectors&#039; tags really connects me to them and I can see the passion and pride they took in their coins, just like we all do.&nbsp; I will make certain these and every tag I have will someday make it forward to the next generation to caretake these coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mark Antony, April-May 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92g 9h), with P. Sepullius Macer, Rome. CLEMENTIAE CAESARIS Tetrastyle temple with closed doors and a globe in the pediment. Rev. P.SEPVLLIVS / MACER Desultor, wearing a conical cap and holding whip, riding a horse galloping to right with another beside him; to left, wreath and palm branch. Alföldi XXII, 86. Babelon (Julia) 52, (Sepullia) 7. Crawford 480/21. CRI 110. Sydenham 1076.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Current Picture:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]641992[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>MuM 1968 Voirol catalogue pic:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]641993[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tickets Obv and Reverse:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]641996[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]641997[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else have some cool old collector tickets?&nbsp; I&#039;m looking for a Haeberlin if they exist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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