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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1282281, member: 66&quot;]One of the main form of replicas in those 18th and 19th century collections were the electrotypes.&nbsp; And the main reason they would be made as mentioned was to provide other collectors with examples of rare varieties.&nbsp; This was commonly done because in the era before photography this was the best way to pass on information about what a particular variety looked like and collectors would use them for comparison purposes in trying to find a genuine specimen of their own.&nbsp; Written descriptions were also used but they are less satisfactory.&nbsp; Pencil rubbings were also a common way to pass the information along but both of these methods were less satisfactory than that of the three dimensional electrotype.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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