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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 2612392, member: 76440&quot;]Two comments. First, I don&#039;t think the repair was particularly well done, as I noticed it before reading the description.&nbsp; I wonder if it&#039;s being &quot;disclosed&quot; only because it&#039;s so obvious. Would it be disclosed if it was truly expertly done and indistinguishable from the ancient surface? I doubt it. This type of restoration is ultimately meant to hide a flaw and deceive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, I would not knowingly buy a coin with this type of repair. I&#039;m okay with some cleaning, even a bit of old smoothing on an old collection bronze (because that&#039;s what they did to bronzes back then), but not this.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: I had not noticed the reversible resin post above when I made these comments.&nbsp; I suppose that&#039;s a little better, but it puts the buyer in the unenviable position of having to clean their $85,000 coin with solvents to put it back to unrestored condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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