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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Limes, post: 8215072, member: 101013&quot;]Hello everyone, this question came about when browsing the latest auction of Leu numismatik. One of the lots offered is an old coin of mine, that I sold last year via our most appreciated auction house, AMCC, of our dear member [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]. (Note: this post is <u>not</u> to promote this coin, or the auction of Leu!)</p><p>The description of the lot offered by Leu mentions AMCC, and rightfully so, but lacks the mentioning of the &#039;Limes collection&#039;, which is a huge misstep and makes the coin less attractive, let alone decreases its value exponentially! Just kidding of course <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But it does raise the above mentioned question. And to make it a bit more philosophical, if we are to leave this earth, and our coins are transferred to their new temporary owners, what will the description of our coins mention? And what would you like them to mention?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would enjoy it, if it were to be known that the coins were part of my collection. And that the collection would have a name, something in the lines of the &#039;Limes collection&#039;. I find the idea charming, that a provenance makes the person behind it, well, sort of immortal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Forever mentioned in the collections of the new owners of the coins (and online too! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, how can one <i>create </i>a provenance? Looking at posts on this board about provenances and information elsewhere online, I&#039;ve identified at least 6 ways:</p><p>1 become famous (e.g. a movie star, or because you once tried to buy all the silver on this planet)</p><p>2 gather a huge collection, consisting of thousands and thousands of coins</p><p>3 gather a high quality collection of coins with exceptional and rare pieces</p><p>4 be a well known and signficant contributor to the academic study of coins</p><p>5 consign your coins to an auction house that will do anything to increase the value of the coins offered; this includes adding collections to the descriptions such as &#039;part of an old English collection&#039;, or &#039;part of a collection formed in the 90&#039;s&#039;. With the addition that my provenance would be less anonymous of course, otherwise this option is pointless.</p><p>6 at the outbreak of war, bury the coins with descriptions on tickets that can stand the test of time, so that after a few centruries from now and after the radiation is gone, when someone like our own [USER=87454]@galba68[/USER] finds the coins with their metal detector, they will see the tickets and the collection will be know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at my life, I have the highest chance of an everlasting povenance with option 5. Option 6 is not out of the picture, and although Europe is quite safe, it&#039;s a small effort to go online and look for slow decaying material for the tickets <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, questions to the members of this board: would you like to have your own everlasting provenance? What do you think your chances are, of achieving it? And do you see any other options beside the 6 options mentioned above? Or perhaps someone already has achieved it?</p><p><br /></p><p>To conclude, I&#039;ll post my latest coin of Brutus, acquired last year. It was a replacement coin of the one I sold via AMCC. It&#039;s not the same type though, and I&#039;d like to welcome that type to the coin family somwhere in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441872[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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