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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3501869, member: 74282&quot;]Here&#039;s a coin I recently found some information on and thought worth sharing here. When I purchased this coin it was ex RBW Collection and ex Goodman collection(CNG Sale 45 lot 1286). I&#039;ve always wondered what the monogram on the Goodman tag that seemingly read something along the lines of &quot;Santamaria&quot; referred to and while I knew the collector I kept forgetting to actually ask until recently. I received a response today that it refers to Ernesto Santamaria of P&amp;P Santamaria fame however this coin was purchased retail from Ernesto&#039;s shop long after P&amp;P Santamaria&#039;s glory days. It was also pointed out that this coin was sold as anonymous and if Mr. Santamaria had recognized that it wasn&#039;t he probably would have already sold it to one of his clients but since it wasn&#039;t recognized it was purchased cheaply and cleaning by a professional in Britain revealed that it was a rare helmet series quadrans. These little tidbits and information are what make provenance research fun for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]927795[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]927794[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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