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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2156286, member: 27832&quot;]Then perhaps I&#039;ve lost sight of what the issue is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your point, as best I can understand it, is that these fantasy restrikes -- even though they&#039;re carefully advertised as fantasy restrikes, even though they&#039;re sold at high prices in limited numbers, even though they represent a coin that never existed -- might somehow, someday, be sold as actual coins to someone who doesn&#039;t know better. And that, since that might possibly happen, no one should make or buy such restrikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is that there are <i>billions</i> of ways for a buyer to be deceived, and this issue is in no way more dangerous than an acid-dated nickel or an improperly cleaned coin. Both of those could also be sold to someone who thinks they have a higher value, if the buyer fails to recognize the signs of restoration or cleaning. In fact, I would argue that a &quot;1916 Barber half&quot; is<i> far less</i> likely to deceive anyone than a cleaned or restored coin, because <i>anyone collecting higher-grade Barber halves <b>must</b> know that there was never any such coin</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, where am I missing the point?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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