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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2536977, member: 19463&quot;]There is where we differ when talking coins and paintings.&nbsp; The coin equivalent of what was done to The Last Supper would render the subject coin unsaleable in polite society (here defined as my opinion and those of my generation numismatically).&nbsp; Some will say that the painting would soon disappear had the work not been done.&nbsp; The same is true for coins.&nbsp; Some of them are one of a kind; some are headed for elimination (buried in the earth is what dog people call a &quot;kill shelter&quot;).&nbsp; If Jesus&#039; face were to be fading away, people would want it restored unless that particular face happened to be on a worn to Fine Anonymous Christ follis in which case we would say to leave it with no nose. The argument that loss of a fading painting is worse than a lost coin has merit just like the theories that little white lies are not like false witness in court and falling trees that are heard by no one make no sound.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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