Do collectors here value their coins pedigree?

Ive been going through my collection. I am lucky in having every coin ive ever collected...i like that i can look at a coin and see that I wrote down who gifted me the coin from their travels or their own collections...other coins are from collections of famous collectors...or famous firms...
I know all this because I keep the original envelopes or flips even if i have placed the coin or banknote in an archival holder. This works well because I keep my collection in row boxes.
Do folks here similarly document their collections? It makes it more interesting and if you are an exhibitor these little tidbits make it richer.

I absolutely value the pedigree of my coins. I love the story behind my coin, both the part I know and the part I never will.

I do as well. As a Canadian colonial token collector, I have a number of pieces which used to belong to some important collections such as the Richard Cooper and Warren Baker collections. In some cases, I know this fact even though the dealers didn't think it worthwhile to add the pedigree to their coin descriptions.

There are also a few rather peculiar items in my collection that I hope one day to trace back in old auction catalogues such as those available through archive.org.

I don't value my coins for their pedigree. In anycase I don't believe (or rather I don't know or care) any of them come from other collections or important collectors. I do however have "sentimental" coins which I would never replace for a better condition coin or sell/get rid of.

Quote: "ashlobo"​I don't value my coins for their pedigree. In anycase I don't believe (or rather I don't know or care) any of them come from other collections or important collectors. I do however have "sentimental" coins which I would never replace for a better condition coin or sell/get rid of.
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Quote: "ashlobo"​I don't value my coins for their pedigree. In anycase I don't believe (or rather I don't know or care) any of them come from other collections or important collectors. I do however have "sentimental" coins which I would never replace for a better condition coin or sell/get rid of.
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​ Exactly what I meant when I said I value my coin's story. When I think of pedigree I think of the whole history of the coins in my collection.

By having sentimental coins, you inevitably value them. I also have sentimental ones, usually those gifted by now deceased family members.

Quote: "Jarcek"​By having sentimental coins, you inevitably value them. I also have sentimental ones, usually those gifted by now deceased family members.

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Very much so! I remember the first "coin" of my collection which i saw when i was 7 years old in the purse of my aunt and she gave me this funny money (an Italian 500lire standard circulation coin).

I also have a Rs20 Indira Gandhi 1985 which was given to me by my neighbour Jehangir Khambatta (or rather uncle Junggu as I knew him) when I was 11years. He had found out that I collect coins and he was very keen to help me learn more about numismatics (i was just randomly collecting coins till then). He gifted me this coin and probably was amused at my stunned face because I never knew they made anything more than a Rs5 coin. Of course, I went back home and showed my dad. He obviously knew it was probably worth alot and insisted I give something back. So I took whatever I had with me and Uncle Junggu obliged me by picking some random coin. In fact, he was the one who told me back in 1994 that with the internet, I would be able to meet other collectors around the world (at that time, my head could only imagine limited possibilities lol). Uncle Junggu was collecting since 1951 and his collection was spectacular (for instance, he had a special 2 coin set struck by a Maharaja of some princely state in Gujarat specially for the Diwan i.e. Prime Minister, who happened to be his maternal uncle). So now when I think about it, yes, I probably do have a coin of pedigree, from the Collection of Jehangir Khambatta!

Anyways, these are the kinds of stories I mean about sentimentality that for me is invaluable and not so much if it came from an apparently important person I only know through a catalogue. But that's just me.

Speaking of which, I had a thread going on my travels and coins related to places I visited on another forum that I wrote years ago. Perhaps I will find it and continue with it here on numista

My most sentimental coin is the cheapest one I've ever had - 1 German Mark 1983. It's my first coin which I got from my mother when I was 9 years old. Now 17 more years have passed, but I still keep it as a relic.

I use my coin collection as history of my life. I have bought coins from countries all around the world, so they remind me of the places I visited and the life and history of that town, city or country.
I also have coins that were Birthday and Christmas presents, so again, my history is reminded to me.
Now, on Numista, I have completed many exchanges, again from collectors spread across the globe, so this part of my history is more recent, but no less interesting.
This also applies to my banknote collection and indeed, my brass gun shell collection, as my first two gun shells belonged to my grandfather.

Quote: "COINMAN1"​I use my coin collection as history of my life. I have bought coins from countries all around the world, so they remind me of the places I visited and the life and history of that town, city or country.
​I also have coins that were Birthday and Christmas presents, so again, my history is reminded to me.
​Now, on Numista, I have completed many exchanges, again from collectors spread across the globe, so this part of my history is more recent, but no less interesting.
​This also applies to my banknote collection and indeed, my brass gun shell collection, as my first two gun shells belonged to my grandfather.

​I also keep brass shells from my grandfather. They're among my most prized possessions, and I'll never forget the day he gave them to me.

I'm always amazed at the overlap in interests I find on this site.

I did not get the shells until after he had passed away. My Auntie gave them to me once everything was sorted out.
They are dated 1937 or 1938, but include original dummy projectiles dated 1937 or 1938. Can never remember which is dated what.
Bought one in Spain last year dated 1944. I bought it to commemorate D-Day, although it may never have been fired there, but who cares. I thought the Spanish customs would have stopped me at the airport, but it went straight through.
My biggest is a 6'' shell from a German gun or battleship dated 1915. It is about 36'' tall.

Aside the ancient bronze, silver or gold coins (the bulk ones only have commercial value) I do really prefer coins that have been in circulation and do have their own history. Of course it's a question of personal taste/choice, but maps with UNC current coins don't have much value to me.
Call me a sentimental collector!