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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2612584, member: 19463"]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. I know I own coins that have 'benefited' from creative cleaning/smoothing/tooling and may even know which some of them are. 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. 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. It seems that particular reverse has a way of turning into coins of Manlia Scantilla who used that reverse. 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. Were either of them right? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]571832[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2612584, member: 19463"]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. I know I own coins that have 'benefited' from creative cleaning/smoothing/tooling and may even know which some of them are. 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. All will have been made into proofs. Once, years ago, I was told my sestertius of Julia Domna with Juno revers was getting harder to find. It seems that particular reverse has a way of turning into coins of Manlia Scantilla who used that reverse. 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. Were either of them right? [ATTACH=full]571832[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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