Tom_in_CA
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A few years ago, I found this $10 gold piece . And as you can see, I scratched the back. Gggrrr.
I was showing it to a local friend of mine, who is a jeweler by trade. He said he could fix the scratch, while leaving utterly no trace of the fix.
At first I objected , saying that grading Co's are "on the lookout" for evidence of such things. But he said that advanced computerized methods, have now come so far, that they can actually do things like remove mint-marks, so thoroughly that , yes, it will go un-detected. So that things like filling in a scratch, and leaving no trace of that, will now be possible.
As we all know, a scratch on a key-date coin will lower the value immensely. Has anyone heard of anyone doing repairs on such booboos ?
I was showing it to a local friend of mine, who is a jeweler by trade. He said he could fix the scratch, while leaving utterly no trace of the fix.
At first I objected , saying that grading Co's are "on the lookout" for evidence of such things. But he said that advanced computerized methods, have now come so far, that they can actually do things like remove mint-marks, so thoroughly that , yes, it will go un-detected. So that things like filling in a scratch, and leaving no trace of that, will now be possible.
As we all know, a scratch on a key-date coin will lower the value immensely. Has anyone heard of anyone doing repairs on such booboos ?