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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 6565062, member: 104741&quot;]Hi Cicero. </p><p>I believe most of your post was an answer to mine. </p><p>(it&#039;s all about attribution... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can see your point.</p><p>I trust that all coins I buy ( and I am careful where I buy them) have passed through knowledgeable hands, and have been vetted as authentic. But, judging from the price difference between the coins you and I buy, (-I&#039;ve seen your site, lovely coins!-), I can see how the added layer of security of a long provenance would be an important factor for you. As for the second: I assume you live in the US. I happen to be fortunate enough to live in Europe. Regulations and law are different here, which make a provenance less of a must-have (again, price bracket may play its role here as well).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Rembrandt: there are modern ways of ascertaining authenticity which make a provenance going back to the 17th century largely obsolete ( I wish I&#039;d find one in the attic, provenanced or not.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>The point I was trying to make was that to me, any modern provenance pales in comparison with the history of a coin in antiquity. Also, I reacted to some previous posts in this thread, which, to me, came across as exceedingly snobbish. I may have let my feelings of the one bleed into the other. </p><p>Thanks for your explanation <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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