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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1697790, member: 26302&quot;]But where is the &quot;coin&quot;? Are we but collectors of ancient flans? If we are, we can buy up worn slicks and have any &quot;coin&quot; carved into it, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect historical artifacts, not modern day artistic interpretations of ancient artistry. If a coin has significant parts recarved, maybe even &quot;improved&quot;, is it still an ancient roman coin, or a modern tiny sculpture? Its an important difference, since we place heavy emphasis on tiny details at times. What if they carved in a new control mark on the reverse? What if that tree was supposed to be an oak but the engraver changed it to a palm tree because &quot;palm trees are rarer?&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very slippery slope. This is why I would only ever limit my &quot;acceptability&quot; to minor details that I can verify were perfect representations of the original, and even then not like it very much. Look how much a coin can change by the addition or subtraction of one letter. What if the tooler got it wrong either accidentally or on purpose?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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