Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eyestrain, post: 1085476, member: 24213&quot;]I always keep my tickets tucked in the flips right behind my own. Most of them are from dealers, but I prize the ones from private collectors -- the older the better. When it comes to ancients, any details of the provenance are nice to have, but I don&#039;t consider it that much of an issue when it comes to authentication. Rather, I just like to know if my coin has been passed down for generations, where and when it may have been auctioned off, or if it was dug up as part of some notable hoard just a few years ago. It all adds to the history these coins have carried around with them for many centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to think future collectors will retain my meticulously detailed tickets in their own collections when my ancients are inevitably sold off and scattered to the four winds. I&#039;ll be dead and gone, but somewhere out there, some new collector will come across one or more pieces from my albums and say, in awe and reverence for the passage of time and the tradition of numismatics, &quot;What lunatic crammed all this worthless info onto a 2x2 slip of paper in a 4-point font I can&#039;t even read? Jerk.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll be so proud when that happens. Wait, no I won&#039;t. I&#039;ll be dead and feeding worms. Scratch that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, legacy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in