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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 25173206, member: 26430"]I've achieved most of the major ones I had set out for ("plate" coins from Sear <i>Roman</i> and <i>Byzantine</i>, quite a few of the SNG catalogs, and lot of other books & articles; one-coin-per-10-BCD Collection catalogs, John Quincy Adams coins, and a lot of other notable old collections).</p><p><br /></p><p>Still aiming for:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gonzaga-Este Collection</b>:</p><p>Ex Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476–1534) and Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), who is also one candidate for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. (From the maybe-Mona Lisa's own coin collection!)</p><p>Any coin with this "aquiletta" stamped into the surface of the coin:</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>[ATTACH=full]1604133[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote></blockquote><p>(<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8979368" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8979368" rel="nofollow">CNG gives some more background here</a>.)</p><p>Until then, I'll have to content myself with my copy of the book, graciously sent to me by the author:</p><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p>[ATTACH=full]1604134[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750) Collection</b> </p><p>Any ancient coin illustrated in the catalogs.</p><p>Even the auction catalogs are a bit pricey (usually >100 EUR each, at least a couple hundred Euros for a set, occasionally cheaper if lucky). Once I have the catalogs, I feel there's a good chance I'll quickly enough (within a few years) find one that's lost its provenance:</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>[ATTACH=full]1604136[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>One from every Naville Ars Classica sale of Ancients</b></p><p>This is the hardest. From 1921 to 1938 Jacob Hirsch held the 18 historic Ars Classica sales (only 17 included ancient coins, Ars Classica IX was Swiss).</p><p><a href="https://rnumis.com/house_auctions.php?house=ARS&db_minyr=1844&db_maxyr=2024&dbcountry=All%20Countries" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rnumis.com/house_auctions.php?house=ARS&db_minyr=1844&db_maxyr=2024&dbcountry=All%20Countries" rel="nofollow">https://rnumis.com/house_auctions.php?house=ARS&db_minyr=1844&db_maxyr=2024&dbcountry=All Countries</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So far I think I've only got coins from 3 of 17:</p><p><i>Ars Classica</i> I (Pozzi, 1921, 2 coins), VII (Bement, 1924), and XV (EP Warren, 1930).</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically I just have to multiple that by about five or 6.... (which will start getting harder for certain catalogs).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my life-long collecting goal. Twenty or thirty years to go.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>[ATTACH=full]1604138[/ATTACH] </p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 25173206, member: 26430"]I've achieved most of the major ones I had set out for ("plate" coins from Sear [I]Roman[/I] and [I]Byzantine[/I], quite a few of the SNG catalogs, and lot of other books & articles; one-coin-per-10-BCD Collection catalogs, John Quincy Adams coins, and a lot of other notable old collections). Still aiming for: [B]Gonzaga-Este Collection[/B]: Ex Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476–1534) and Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), who is also one candidate for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. (From the maybe-Mona Lisa's own coin collection!) Any coin with this "aquiletta" stamped into the surface of the coin: [INDENT][INDENT][ATTACH=full]1604133[/ATTACH][/INDENT][/INDENT] ([URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8979368']CNG gives some more background here[/URL].) Until then, I'll have to content myself with my copy of the book, graciously sent to me by the author: [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][ATTACH=full]1604134[/ATTACH][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] [B]Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750) Collection[/B] Any ancient coin illustrated in the catalogs. Even the auction catalogs are a bit pricey (usually >100 EUR each, at least a couple hundred Euros for a set, occasionally cheaper if lucky). Once I have the catalogs, I feel there's a good chance I'll quickly enough (within a few years) find one that's lost its provenance: [INDENT][INDENT][ATTACH=full]1604136[/ATTACH][/INDENT][/INDENT] [B]One from every Naville Ars Classica sale of Ancients[/B] This is the hardest. From 1921 to 1938 Jacob Hirsch held the 18 historic Ars Classica sales (only 17 included ancient coins, Ars Classica IX was Swiss). [URL]https://rnumis.com/house_auctions.php?house=ARS&db_minyr=1844&db_maxyr=2024&dbcountry=All%20Countries[/URL] So far I think I've only got coins from 3 of 17: [I]Ars Classica[/I] I (Pozzi, 1921, 2 coins), VII (Bement, 1924), and XV (EP Warren, 1930). Basically I just have to multiple that by about five or 6.... (which will start getting harder for certain catalogs). This is my life-long collecting goal. Twenty or thirty years to go. [INDENT][ATTACH=full]1604138[/ATTACH] [/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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