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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;halfcent1793, post: 2921509, member: 86853&quot;]This discussion raises some fascinating and very important issues. What is coin restoration? Is it bad? If so, when and why? If not, when and why not? </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems that the current (arbitrary) set of rules for coin restoration are completely different from those for art or automobile restoration, where it is expected and bragged about. For coins, it is considered &quot;doctoring,&quot; which is an odd use of a term, since doctors (plastic surgeons notwithstanding) usually cure disease, not make us look more like we did at birth. Even plastic surgery is something many think is perfectly OK. Why, then, not &quot;plastic surgery&quot; on coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>We have to agree, I think, that the &quot;rules&quot; for these kinds of things are determined by what is considered acceptable practice in the community. But does the community decide? At the moment it seems that it just passes off the decision making to PCGS and NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the answer is that for now those who arbitrarily decide what is good and holy in numismatics have decided that coin restoration is bad and unholy. </p><p><br /></p><p>The tide will turn again. But when?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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