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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2396907, member: 1892&quot;]That needs to change. Half the reason well-intentioned people screw up coins is because they lack access to accurate information regarding how to do so safely.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no problem with &quot;restoring&quot; coins in the same sense of attention to, and respect for, history which museums (hopefully) aspire to. To a far greater degree than paintings, though, coins are produced to an exacting mechanical standard, and the &quot;goal&quot; of restoring a coin needs to take into account how they are observed and studied, under magnification. Anything less than restoring to that same exacting standard, for a coin, would be the equivalent of taking a belt sander and 40-grit paper to a Chippendale chair, slapping a coat of Minwax stain of the original color onto the result, and calling it good. Paintings are valued because of their provenance and the aesthetic taste and skill of the painter resonating with the buyer. You can &quot;restore&quot; them by duplicating the <i>intent</i> of the original creator. A more modern pigment, of the precise color and brush stroke of the original, does not detract.</p><p><br /></p><p>We do not enjoy such artistic license with coins, because we base our opinions of value on <b>original authenticity</b>. It&#039;s why an F12 is worth less than an MS67, and why puttying the fields of a gold coin is considered reprehensible coin doctoring.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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