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<p>[QUOTE="Andrew McCabe, post: 3914446, member: 90666"]I tend to think</p><p>- provenance means the trail of where the coin comes from (auction record)</p><p>- pedigree is who owned it (collections and collectors)</p><p><br /></p><p>Tho they are often use interchangeably. A good pedigree is usually more important than a good provenance. I have several examples of coins where the pedigree information has been passed on by seller based on the sellers personal knowledge but the coin never appeared in auction. Here is an example:</p><p><br /></p><p>Pedigree:</p><p>Benjamin Nightingale, Wine and Spirit merchant of Upper Stamford street London 1806 to 1862, noted member of the Society of Antiquaries and is much cited in 19th century publications, much of his coin collection being sold in a Sotheby auction in 1862</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance </p><p>Purchased from Ben Merison of Wellingborough UK who told me he bought the coin from a direct descendant of Nightingale and accompanied by a ticket marked 10 shillings from a 1940s appraisal of the residual of the collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew McCabe, post: 3914446, member: 90666"]I tend to think - provenance means the trail of where the coin comes from (auction record) - pedigree is who owned it (collections and collectors) Tho they are often use interchangeably. A good pedigree is usually more important than a good provenance. I have several examples of coins where the pedigree information has been passed on by seller based on the sellers personal knowledge but the coin never appeared in auction. Here is an example: Pedigree: Benjamin Nightingale, Wine and Spirit merchant of Upper Stamford street London 1806 to 1862, noted member of the Society of Antiquaries and is much cited in 19th century publications, much of his coin collection being sold in a Sotheby auction in 1862 Provenance Purchased from Ben Merison of Wellingborough UK who told me he bought the coin from a direct descendant of Nightingale and accompanied by a ticket marked 10 shillings from a 1940s appraisal of the residual of the collection.[/QUOTE]
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