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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2400096, member: 24314&quot;]Alteration to coins is not good.&nbsp; Telling the purchaser that the coin has been altered is good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is the &quot;devil&#039;s advocate&quot; side and don&#039;t hate me for this<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Many of these alterations are &quot;old.&quot;&nbsp; They have been used for a long time. The one bright side is that &quot;modern&quot; alterations are getting harder to detect.&nbsp; Fake desert &quot;patina&quot; can make an ugly coin more attractive to some.&nbsp; IMO, it is much better than the patina made from brown or black shoe polish smeared into the surface as was done decades ago.&nbsp; And who can argue that a touch of &quot;light&quot; tooling when done by a &quot;master engraver&quot; does not enhance the coin&#039;s appearance.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We can fuss but it comes with the territory.&nbsp; IMO, we have not seen anything yet!&nbsp; Our job as dealers/collectors is to be wary, educate the uninformed, and &quot;out&quot; the bad guys.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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