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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2612584, member: 19463&quot;]I would feel a lot better about this if I felt the coin had been restored to make it look more like it did before it was damaged but I see the motive was to add $1k worth of restoration by a jeweler and resell the coin for $10k more.&nbsp; I know I own coins that have &#039;benefited&#039; from creative cleaning/smoothing/tooling and may even know which some of them are.&nbsp; As soon as we make it profitable and socially acceptable to do this sort of thing, we will run out of used and damaged coins.&nbsp; All will have been made into proofs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once, years ago, I was told my sestertius of Julia Domna with Juno revers was getting harder to find.&nbsp; It seems that particular reverse has a way of turning into coins of Manlia Scantilla who used that reverse.&nbsp; About the same time, I was advised not to fix a minor dent in a car fender since the appearance of repair would make some used car buyers assume it had been fixed after a major accident and might have a bent frame.&nbsp;&nbsp; Were either of them right? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]571832[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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