Lot 208. Vinchon: Collections de Monnaies, 30 June 1978

Time left: Bidding closed (Sunday, September 25th, 20:44:00 CEST) Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 20:20:42 CET Price realised: CHF 15.00 (2 bids) Approx. EUR 16.11 / USD 16.79 / GBP 13.40 Bid history Amount Bidder Date CHF 15.00 Bidder 2 * 2016-09-25, 16:02:38 CHF 12.00 Bidder 1 * 2016-09-16, 00:02:09 * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. High bidder: Bidder 2

Vinchon, Jean. Monte Carlo, 30 June 1978. Collections de Monnaies. 499 lots, 2 colour plates plus illustrations throughout. Prices realized list. Hardbound in white imitation leather with gilt letters and cover illustration. Fine.

A note from BCD: According to Monsieur Vinchon’s introduction, the majority of coins in this offering have been assembled more than three decades prior to the date of the sale. Old collections have an aura of genuineness about them and this is probably what caused the auctioneer to be unwary of at least two forgeries: The dies of lot 60 are listed on p. 65 and illustrated with fig. 6 in West’s “Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast” and lot 68 is a die duplicate of no. 24(a) in Kinns’ “The Caprara Forgeries”. The remaining Greek and Roman coins are all choice and include several important pieces. Some Byzantine, and other early Mediaeval gold adds further interest to the catalogue and the French coinages are, as usual, amply represented.