I recently purchased a Canada large cent in NGC MS65 RB condition and pedigreed to the Norweb collection. I traced it through the auction catalogs in my reference library to the Farouk sale of 1954, which I found to be quite thrilling and fascinating.

I knew Dave Bowers' firms were involved in selling most of the Norweb holdings, and wondered if firm had NGC grade any or all of the Norweb coins or just the Canadian coins, and if the Norweb provenance was printed on each label.

I contacted Dave Bowers and he said his firm did not slab any of the Norweb coins before or after the auctions. Which begs the question, how would a third-party grader like NGC know a coin was pedigreed to Norweb unless they were either at the auction or were working for the auction firm.?

I will contact NGC and see if anyone there knows what's what. In the meantime perhaps a question for the E-Sylum readers would be - Does anybody know of any other coins from the Norweb sales that were slabbed, or more to my search question, were any Canadian Large cents other than the one I have slabbed? I realize this might take a little numismatic sleuthing, but someone surely must remember. It was only about 15 years ago I think, maybe the 1996 timeframe.