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<p>[QUOTE="Petavius, post: 3565422, member: 88354"]Actually it is a very interesting perspective on 'provenance', and how much guarantee it gives you.</p><p>Recently I visited a museum in Germany "Schloss Erbach" ("Erbach Palace"), which boasts a collection of antient coins collected by the palace owner Graf zu Erbach Franz I, archeologist and antiquity collector, who used to travel end of 18 century to Italy.</p><p>And to my surprise I immediately spotted fake roman coins in the collection displayed. So even museum coins with provenance back to 18 century do not guarantee authenticity.</p><p>But even these fake coins are very intersting, you see how the "business" to fool the rich travellers prospered in Italy more than 200 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://schloss-erbach.de/schloss-sammlungen/graefliche-sammlungen/graefliche-sammlungen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://schloss-erbach.de/schloss-sammlungen/graefliche-sammlungen/graefliche-sammlungen/" rel="nofollow">http://schloss-erbach.de/schloss-sammlungen/graefliche-sammlungen/graefliche-sammlungen/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Petavius, post: 3565422, member: 88354"]Actually it is a very interesting perspective on 'provenance', and how much guarantee it gives you. Recently I visited a museum in Germany "Schloss Erbach" ("Erbach Palace"), which boasts a collection of antient coins collected by the palace owner Graf zu Erbach Franz I, archeologist and antiquity collector, who used to travel end of 18 century to Italy. And to my surprise I immediately spotted fake roman coins in the collection displayed. So even museum coins with provenance back to 18 century do not guarantee authenticity. But even these fake coins are very intersting, you see how the "business" to fool the rich travellers prospered in Italy more than 200 years ago. [url]http://schloss-erbach.de/schloss-sammlungen/graefliche-sammlungen/graefliche-sammlungen/[/url][/QUOTE]
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