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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7876889, member: 118780"]Personally, if I had the money/desire I <i>would</i> buy one of these aureii. However:</p><ol> <li>The work done must be disclosed</li> <li>I would want it at a sharp discount from unaltered coins due to the defect</li> </ol><p>Work or not, the coin is still a genuine artifact of history. The debate I have though is - would I pay more for a coin with the hole patched than one with the hole unpatched?</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess if the hole was made in antiquity, then the "holey" version should go for more. If the hole was recent, then I'd pay more for the patched one.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, attempting to pass one of these off as unpatched is pure fraud that should lead directly to prison.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7876889, member: 118780"]Personally, if I had the money/desire I [I]would[/I] buy one of these aureii. However: [LIST=1] [*]The work done must be disclosed [*]I would want it at a sharp discount from unaltered coins due to the defect [/LIST] Work or not, the coin is still a genuine artifact of history. The debate I have though is - would I pay more for a coin with the hole patched than one with the hole unpatched? I guess if the hole was made in antiquity, then the "holey" version should go for more. If the hole was recent, then I'd pay more for the patched one. However, attempting to pass one of these off as unpatched is pure fraud that should lead directly to prison.[/QUOTE]
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