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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rich Beale, post: 2762364, member: 77960&quot;]Your analogy of adding figures to a painting is not appropriate. This would be akin to adding or removing actual metal to/from the coin - see my comments on tooling above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using the term &#039;faked coin&#039; confuses the issue. The coin is not fake, it is authentic. Whatever is done to the surface is a different matter - you could certainly call it a fake patina without issue.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to reiterate and make absolutely clear at this point that I in no way condone the practice of repatinating coins with artificial &#039;earth&#039; and glue, or any variation thereof. However I am not and don&#039;t need to make excuses for the coins - we clearly note where a coin has been repatinated. We have presented potential buyers with the information, they can then make their own minds up as to whether they would like to purchase the coin or not. While I myself would not want to buy a tooled coin for example, others are happy to do so. The highest auction result for a tooled coin is CHF 200,000 (US$217,000) - should the seller actually have been told by the auction house that his coin was unsellable and worthless? It is not for you or I to impose our own preferences on the rest of the collecting community. We may present them with information, and should respect them enough to leave them to form their own judgements.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inclusion of two repatinated coins in our last printed auction (out of nearly 1300 lots), which were clearly noted as being repatinated, cannot defensibly be considered a failure to uphold standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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