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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 605802, member: 6036&quot;]Then we open the door to fraud and forgeries of all kind.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And the legitimate rarities loose their magic.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Who would pay $3 million for an 1804 S$1 if the prevailing mindset is a doctored 1801 is just as good ? Who would pay AU50 money for an honest AU50 chain cent if a carved-up VF20, made to look AU50, is just as good ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The same thinking holds true for lesser valued coins as well.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The point is this : the <i>value</i> of an AU50 chain cent isn&#039;t <i>just</i> the detail; it&#039;s the original, mint-made, surviving detail. Prices are high because almost none survived with that much detail and demand is high. It&#039;s easy enough to have the same amount of detail on a tooled VF20.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Which gets us back to supply and demand. The supply of legitimate AU50 chain cents is very low, but the supply of doctored &quot;blank canvas&quot; copper is potentially unlimited. For this reason, coin collecting will always treasure original, undoctored coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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