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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 5379079, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;d like to narrow down the scope of this &quot;all coins must have provenance&quot; concept, which seems alarmingly broad.</p><p><br /></p><p>I check my <i>change</i> regularly. I&#039;ve received silver coins in my change from time to time -- sometimes from a cash register, sometimes from a self-checkout unit. How would one even <i>start</i> to establish provenance for <i>pocket change</i>?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>All my coins were pocket change at some point</b>, with some obvious exceptions for modern commemoratives, bullion pieces, and the like. My AU50 1934-S dollar was obviously circulated. It&#039;s still a three-figure coin. What should provenance look like for that coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>We hear tales here all the time of people finding valuable coins in bank rolls, or in cash registers. Yes, sometimes people steal collections and cash them in or spend them. Sometimes people <i>inherit</i> collections and cash them in or spend them. I&#039;ve jokingly called it &quot;the numismatic Circle of Life&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you try to address theft by requiring <i>every coin</i> to be registered and tracked, you shut down the cash economy. That&#039;s obviously ridiculous, and I&#039;m pretty sure it&#039;s not what you&#039;re suggesting. So where <i>do</i> you draw the line?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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