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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 522333, member: 8959&quot;]H.T, Thank you for pointing out these issues to us. You are absolutely right about the prevalence of coin doctoring. Look at this auction listing for example where the seller actually informs propective bidders that the coin on offer can be improved via the &quot;right treatment&quot;......(at least he did not do it himself).</p><p><br /></p><p>The practice of coin doctoring is also prevalent in Europe, specially when it comes to ancient bronze or orichalcum coins (Asse, Dupondii, Sestertii). In Germany they refer to the treatment as &quot;taking the coin to the hairdresser&quot;. These &quot;hairdressers&quot; will usually re-engrave and touch up the hair on the busts of the emperor/empress to give the impression of a higher state of preservation. In some cases it is easy to spot because it is done crudely. In other cases the re-engraving is masterful, and very difficult to spot (don&#039;t ask me how i know this..........)&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Eduard</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1794-Large-Cent-Choice-431_W0QQitemZ330304322530QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item330304322530&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&amp;_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A13%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1794-Large-Cent-Choice-431_W0QQitemZ330304322530QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item330304322530&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&amp;_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A13%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1794-Large-Cent-Choice-431_W0QQitemZ330304322530QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item330304322530&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&amp;_trkparms=66:2|65:13|39:1|240:1308</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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