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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 3500867, member: 93702&quot;]To be honest I never gave much though to provenance... other than ensuring that I made my purchase from a reputable seller. Someone saying they previously purchased the coin from &quot;xxxx&quot; sounds nice - but how do you prove that really? My coins are not of the quality of most here.</p><p>However in reading this thread - I really enjoyed it and can see how interesting it can be to trace back the ownership history. Very cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no old tags (have a many newer ones of course) .. but this modest <b>Nerva dupondius</b> was purchased from a reputable seller and the online listing (no tag) stated:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Ex Stacks auction (&quot;James Dines collection&quot;), March 7-8, 1969</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually found a listing on VCoins awhile back for the auction catalog from the Stacks Auction of this date - but it had sold unfortunately. Would have been quite nice to own (and verify).</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not know who James Dines is/was.. but Googling him I think he is/was some sort of investment guru/shyster... he REALLY wanted me to invest in uranium! If in fact this is the correct James Dines.</p><p><a href="https://www.dinesletter.com/bio.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dinesletter.com/bio.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.dinesletter.com/bio.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an excerpt from Coin Week:</p><p><a href="https://coinweek.com/dealers-companies/stacks-bowers-dealers/growing-up-in-a-numismatic-family-the-early-days-of-stacks-1968-1969/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/dealers-companies/stacks-bowers-dealers/growing-up-in-a-numismatic-family-the-early-days-of-stacks-1968-1969/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/dealers-companies/stacks-bowers-dealers/growing-up-in-a-numismatic-family-the-early-days-of-stacks-1968-1969/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>We auctioned the James Dine Collection of United States gold and silver coins in March. For those who do not recognize the name, James Dines in the 1950s and ’60s was a prominent financial advisor who was quoted in newspapers and on the radio. He started collecting after he inherited his father’s coins. The James Dine sale had 1,119 lots, consisting of some 469 lots of foreign and ancient gold and silver, which was the background he used to traced monetary history during its 2,500 years of development.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>He personally liked U.S. coins, which he started assembling as a Type Set so he could be familiar with the various designs and weights that were part of his study of American monetary issues. He also amassed collections of dates and mints of some series (usually in Mint State or Proof), from the half cent to the $20 gold double eagle, which he found to be a challenge. His U.S. coins made 650 lots, and the public had the opportunity to learn from his hobby.</i></p><p>---</p><p>Anyway - if we are talking the same sale this must have been one of the bargain items (but I love it!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]927612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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