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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tradernick, post: 12361, member: 648&quot;]Yeah, what he said.&nbsp; I have an old colonial copper coin that actually has the variety number PAINTED right on the coin.&nbsp; This was a common practice around the time of the depression.&nbsp; These days no knowledgeable collector would even think of doing that.&nbsp; What collectors find as acceptable and unacceptable has changed over time and will continue to do so.&nbsp; However with that said....I still believe that future generations of collectors will want untouched original coins and those of us today who artifically tone/color or in any way alter coins are robbing future collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>But who knows what the future holds?&nbsp; Possible one day when hordes or original coins are discovered, they might be polished, holed and elongated immediately to make them marketable.&nbsp; &lt;shudder&gt; Man I hope I&#039;m not around if THAT ever comes to pass lol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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