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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 8218456, member: 24754&quot;]For people that are concerned about the 1970 UNESCO threshold, then provenance of any kind back to that point has some intrinsic value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from that, the only provenance that would have value to me from an &quot;authentic/fake&quot; perspective would be that which goes all the way back to ancient times (not holding my breath).</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance can make a coin more interesting in knowing whose collections it had belonged to and how long people have been appreciating it from a numismatic perspective. But, I&#039;m not willing to pay extra for that little cherry on top.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for what is &quot;Worthy&quot; of being called provenance, I guess that depends on why you are interested in the subject in the first place. I think most ancient coin collectors prioritize provenance for no reason other than they&#039;ve been influenced to consider it as important. This then motivates TPGs and auction houses to slap whatever they possibly can into the description for what amounts to nothing more than a marketing scheme.</p><p><br /></p><p>Long story short, I want authentic ancient coins. Whether they&#039;ve resided in collections for hundreds of years, or were dug up last week by some kid and sold on Ebay...... I don&#039;t care.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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