The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.

A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.

line of descent of a purebred animal.

A book from a famous and usually high grade collection - e.g. Allentown, Lamont Larson, Edgar Church/Mile High, Denver, San Francisco, Cosmic Aeroplane, etc. Beware of non-pedigree collections being promoted as pedigree books; only outstanding high grade collections similar to those listed qualify.

A comic book that originated in a famous collection. Some pedigrees include; Mile High, Allentown, Denver, Bethlehem, Green River, White Mountain, Spokane, Larson, Gaines File Copies, San Francisco and Pennsylvania.

A comic book that originated in a famous collection. CGC recognizes these ten collections as being pedigrees; Mile High, Allentown, Denver, Bethlehem, White Mountain, Spokane, Larson, Gaines File Copies, San Francisco and Pennsylvania.

A comic book from a famous outstanding collection.

a special caption displayed on the PCGS label that signifies that the coin was once part of a significant collection

the list of prior owners of a coin.

Sequence of owners of a coin.

Although "provenance" is the more correct terminology, pedigree is used to describe previous ownership of a certain coin. The certification services will often recognize important numismatic collections by placing a pedigree on the certification holder to identify it as such. Coins bearing certain pedigrees often carry significant premiums in value. Some of the most popular and significant provenance are Bass, Childs, Eliasberg, Farouk, Garrett, Hawn, Norweb, Parmelee, Pittman, and Starr.