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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1693940, member: 39&quot;]Thanks for adding parts of the guy&#039;s business card to the photo; that immediately reminded me of a discussion we had at a different site a while ago. Since my interest in ancient or medieval coins is limited (find them historically interesting but would not buy them myself), I did not pay that much attention then. But there were a few references to Spanish sites where Remoneda had been the subject of quite a few debates. Let me see what I can dig up ...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.imperio-numismatico.com/t13729-muestrario-de-las-reproducciones-de-remoneda" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imperio-numismatico.com/t13729-muestrario-de-las-reproducciones-de-remoneda" rel="nofollow">http://www.imperio-numismatico.com/t13729-muestrario-de-las-reproducciones-de-remoneda</a></p><p><a href="http://www.identificacion-numismatica.com/t31582p105-fotos-de-piezas-de-remoneda-i" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.identificacion-numismatica.com/t31582p105-fotos-de-piezas-de-remoneda-i" rel="nofollow">http://www.identificacion-numismatica.com/t31582p105-fotos-de-piezas-de-remoneda-i</a></p><p><a href="http://blognumismatico.com/2011/06/09/entrevista-con-el-director-de-remoneda/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blognumismatico.com/2011/06/09/entrevista-con-el-director-de-remoneda/" rel="nofollow">http://blognumismatico.com/2011/06/09/entrevista-con-el-director-de-remoneda/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The first two are forum discussions in Spanish (from 2010) where Martin Lechuga even participated, and explained what he does. The third link takes you to an interview with him, again in Spanish. He says that he makes his reproductions as a service for customers who could never afford the originals, and he also suggests that nobody should buy a piece without a pedigree. Martin even explains how his &quot;artificial patina&quot; can be checked ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly I am not comfortable with this, to put it mildly. Now if Remoneda actually marks its products (at the end of the interview there is a photo of a marked edge), that should help, but there is still the problem with his earlier pieces. And who knows how the next maker of such reproductions works?</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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