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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1901014, member: 19463&quot;]I would feel better about the matter if I had confidence in the truth of this supposition but I see the fact as that coin collecting is a matter of fashion and taste.&nbsp; Today we see some willing to pay premium prices for garishly toned silver dollar that, 50 years ago, would have been avoided or &#039;dipped&#039; by most people.&nbsp; In the Renaissance it was considered quite appropriate to produce and collect replica medals to fill in for rare Roman originals.&nbsp; We call them &#039;Paduans&#039; now.&nbsp; It is not at all impossible that &#039;artistically enhanced&#039; coins will become more in demand that those with faults and missing details.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Oil paintings found with rips and blisters are routinely repaired and repainted in part to produce something to be displayed as an intact whole.&nbsp; Statues receive missing parts or even get cobbled together from assorted junk parts whether or not the parts were from the same original or even the same period.&nbsp; It is considered quite appropriate to glue together pottery shards and make a great looking pot with well concealed seams and modern patches (sometimes painted to match; sometimes not).&nbsp; &nbsp; For most of us, tooled coins are offensive because they look &#039;tooled&#039;.&nbsp; This really means that they were poorly done by amateur toolers.&nbsp; When these people perfect their skills, will people prefer their restorations to the item before they touched it.&nbsp; I say almost certainly.&nbsp; Specialists with years of experience in the field will be able to tell the difference but billionaires did not become billionaires by studying coin repair.&nbsp; It is already hard to find some coins in untouched state (Colosseum is one here as is Judaea Capta).&nbsp; I do not see this improving as long as there are people with $100,000 to spend on a coin who do not care or, worse, prefer the enhanced version.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a sculpture expert.&nbsp; I own not a single statue or nose broken from one.&nbsp; My local art museum recently removed from display a full length statue of Caligula &#039;for study&#039;.&nbsp; When I first saw it, I considered it obvious that the body was newer than the head.&nbsp; Now when you go to the museum, they offer a pamphlet explaining where the seams are.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://virginiamuseum.blogspot.com/2013/02/caligula-loses-his-head.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://virginiamuseum.blogspot.com/2013/02/caligula-loses-his-head.html" rel="nofollow">http://virginiamuseum.blogspot.com/2013/02/caligula-loses-his-head.html</a></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/48413636.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v12n2/gallery/schertz_p/caligula.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v12n2/gallery/schertz_p/caligula.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v12n2/gallery/schertz_p/caligula.shtml</a></p><p>Are coins of the $100,000 class following in the path previously trod by million dollar statues?&nbsp; When they determine that part of all of Caligula&#039;s body is a thousand years newer than his head, how will it effect the value of the statue.&nbsp; Full length statues of Caligula are really rare.&nbsp; This used to be one.&nbsp; Is it still?&nbsp; Is Pluto a planet?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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