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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 8057805, member: 118540&quot;]This is an interesting thread.</p><p>I would only buy a repaired coin, if it had one of the following types of repairs :</p><p>G1. A broken coin, that was glued back together, as long as no attempt was made, to hide the seams between the pieces. If the pieces happen to fit seamlessly together, with no alterations, then that&#039;s okay.</p><p>G2. A coin with a filled hole, as long as the hole is a large hole, and as long as no attempt was made to hide the fact, that a hole was filled. The filler material can be the same color as the metal of the coin, or a different color, but the filler material cannot be artificially worn, and the filler material cannot be artificially corroded, and the filler material cannot be artificially toned or patinated or painted, to match the rest of the coin. And the filler material cannot have any sort of design tooled onto it. The filler material must be plain, and smooth, so that it is obvious, that a hole has been filled. I would only tolerate a large hole that was filled, not a small hole that was filled, because a filled large hole is obvious. Also, if the coin is made of gold or silver or bronze, then the filler material must be gold or silver or bronze, not plastic or lead or mercury compound or some other material.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would not buy a coin, if it had any of the following types of repairs, because the following types of repairs, destroy valuable parts of the history of the coin, and should be discouraged, in my opinion :</p><p>B1. Fixed/filled graffito.</p><p>B2. Tooling.</p><p>B3. Smoothing (which I define as altering any uncorroded metal of the coin).</p><p>B4. Fixed/filled scratches.</p><p>B5. Fixed/filled pits.</p><p>B6. Any filler material, unless it is for a large hole (see G2 above).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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