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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2722530, member: 19463&quot;]I was more referring to the gold aureus version of the EID MAR type.&nbsp; One is holed (currently on loan to the BM, I believe).&nbsp; Others have been proven false or questioned as to authenticity.&nbsp; Now lets just pretend that the owner of the holed one decided to spend $10,000 for a really, really fine restoration of the coin filling the hole in such a way that no one on earth could possibly tell that it was done.&nbsp;&nbsp; We all know that coin has a hole.&nbsp; Would we then all deny that it existed because it had been repaired or would me accept it in the same way we accept oil paintings that have been slashed by vandals and repaired by the finest experts?&nbsp; Perfect denarii have sold for more than the holed aureus.&nbsp; Here&#039;s hoping that who ever owns the coin is not tempted to &#039;upgrade&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Which one was that Steve?&nbsp; Sauromates?&nbsp; Most of them are tooled or so it seems.&nbsp; Does that mean they don&#039;t exist either?&nbsp; Pretty soon the only thing left to collect will be mint states since all the VG&#039;s will have become VF&#039;s and the VF&#039;s FDC&#039;s.&nbsp; What we say here means nothing.&nbsp; The market is guided by people with much money and not the slightest idea why we are so hard on their treasures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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