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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 1714550, member: 39084"]When I first started reading this thread, my reflexive reaction was the same (as above). Gold coins are rarely tooled or re-engraved, and because gold is inert, harsh cleaning is hardly ever needed to get them to their final condition for collecting. So when a gold coin has as much obvious re-engraving as this one, that's a huge negative for a collector who values non-tooled coins highly.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there's another perspective on this topic, especially for an emperor as difficult to collect as Otho. And while this still wouldn't be a coin I'd consider for my collection, I do understand the appeal of a very rare aureus at an affordable price. Clearly, the re-engraving was done to blend the filled-in hole rather than just leaving that area featureless. So the question becomes, which is the least undesirable: a hole, a filled-in hole without re-engraving, or a filled-in hole that's re-engraved? None of these options is good, but since the coin already had a hole, it will never be a top-notch collector's coin anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me that if your desire is to have a representative aureus of Otho, a coin with a hole just doesn't fulfill that need. Maybe a featureless filled-in hole is OK, or maybe some moderate re-engraving to represent the detail that was missing due to the hole is what you're looking for. Either way, the representational value of the coin exceeds its collector's value, since you now have a coin that pretty much looks similar to when it circulated 2000 years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 1714550, member: 39084"]When I first started reading this thread, my reflexive reaction was the same (as above). Gold coins are rarely tooled or re-engraved, and because gold is inert, harsh cleaning is hardly ever needed to get them to their final condition for collecting. So when a gold coin has as much obvious re-engraving as this one, that's a huge negative for a collector who values non-tooled coins highly. But there's another perspective on this topic, especially for an emperor as difficult to collect as Otho. And while this still wouldn't be a coin I'd consider for my collection, I do understand the appeal of a very rare aureus at an affordable price. Clearly, the re-engraving was done to blend the filled-in hole rather than just leaving that area featureless. So the question becomes, which is the least undesirable: a hole, a filled-in hole without re-engraving, or a filled-in hole that's re-engraved? None of these options is good, but since the coin already had a hole, it will never be a top-notch collector's coin anyway. It seems to me that if your desire is to have a representative aureus of Otho, a coin with a hole just doesn't fulfill that need. Maybe a featureless filled-in hole is OK, or maybe some moderate re-engraving to represent the detail that was missing due to the hole is what you're looking for. Either way, the representational value of the coin exceeds its collector's value, since you now have a coin that pretty much looks similar to when it circulated 2000 years ago.[/QUOTE]
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