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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 831568, member: 15309&quot;]The examples that you provided are not pedigree&#039;s IMO.&nbsp; A pedigree refers to ownership of the item.&nbsp; Usually, only pedigree&#039;s of notable numismatists (eg. Eliasberg) will drive a premium.&nbsp; However, that does not mean that all pedigrees are worthless.&nbsp; There are many collections of coins that deserve special attention and a coin pedigreed to one of those collections would certainly deserve a premium.&nbsp; However, collections of this nature are usually comprised of such special coins that it would be impossible to discern whether the premium is for the coin or the pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p>An example of one of the collections I am talking about would be the Sunnywood collection of toned Morgan Dollars.&nbsp; His entire collection was sold to another collector a few months ago and I have no idea if his coins are pedigreed on the label.&nbsp; But if they are and any of them ever hit the market, you will see a feeding frenzy to attain them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another collector who stands out in the toned coin world is Gregg Bingham. The &quot;monsterman&quot; has the second ranked set of classic commemoratives in the NGC registry and every coin is a toned beauty.&nbsp; The coins are pedigreed with his name and he is renowned for his eye for toned specimens of the highest quality.&nbsp; I was fortunate to acquire some of his war nickels that he decided to sell.&nbsp; Here is an example.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JeffersonNickel1945-DNGCMS67Star-4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>While I don&#039;t expect that the pedigree will raise the value of the coin, the only way I will ever have it removed is if I decide to replace it with my own pedigree.&nbsp; NGC registry rules provide that anyone with a top ranking set may have their pedigree added to their collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The label designations you have mentioned are absolutely meaningless IMO and have no effect on either grade or value.&nbsp; However, since moderns are so sickeningly common, these designations might actually be a way to make completing a modern collection more difficult.&nbsp; Therefore, I don&#039;t mind them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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