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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2745350, member: 76086&quot;]Many times a CT thread gets sideways and &#039;distracted&#039; as has happened here.&nbsp; Back to what Doug was talking about (or at least I think).&nbsp; What is &#039;original&#039;, what is acceptable?&nbsp; No doubt at some point technology will catch up and 100% accurate copies will be able to be made.&nbsp; I mean, right now we have 3D printers which can duplicate anything we wish.&nbsp; And at some point in the future (far I hope) we wont be able to tell the difference unless a coin has a proven provenance.&nbsp; But, what is &#039;original&#039;? This as many have pointed out has more problems in the general art market than it does with ancient coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally have a Picasso sitting rotting away in an old trunk (I have not taken care of it and it is in bad condition).&nbsp; Why dont I display it?&nbsp; Its a copper plate print, yes, done by Picasso himself but printed much later (one can look up the issue with those if one wishes). It&#039;s &#039;kind of&#039; original.&nbsp; Sort of, but not really.&nbsp; At some future date this will undoubtedly happen with ancient coins (but not soon as too many originals exist and are cheap).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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