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Would "Attempted Repair" be a better slab designation than "Repaired"?
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I don't believe that a damaged coin can truly be repaired. Am open though to your thoughts.
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the problem.
Or maybe just "Altered"
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<< <i>I don't believe that a damaged coin can truly be repaired. Am open though to your thoughts. >>
My thought is that you have an original unopened can of worms.
"Attempted" is nine letters, and with space a
factor on most slab tags, there's probably better
words/descriptions that can be used in those
nine spaces....
It's like 'clipped planchet' vrs. incomplete planchet'.
I agree that a coin can't be repaired to it's original state
if there's damage; it is an attempt to repair the damage.
Collectors knows what 'repaired' means - an attempt
was made to repair damage on a coin......
Just my two cents worth......
On the other hand, repair in other collectibles fields has just as negative of a connotation, so maybe it's an entirely appropriate and universally acceptable term that never implies that all is well.
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Steve
If other designations are necessary, let them be fee based.
So if a guy wants specifics, it's like the old Presidential Review. If a problem coin commands that much attention, it should be worthy of all the trouble needed to express it on the label, and as such, oh never mind. Sometimes the questions make me crazier than thinking out and typing the answer in the time it took me to ponder it.
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two words, ten letters.
Atmpt repair, eleven letters. It should work.
<< <i>Ultimately I don't think it adds much except for letters. >>
Agree. It's all just semantics.
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<< <i>Ultimately I don't think it adds much except for letters. >>
Agree. It's all just semantics. >>
To those with experience, that is correct. To those that are new to the hobby it could be an unintended trap. I see several repaired coins on Ebay that are at close to problem free pricing.
Tuition for the newbs I suppose.
The binary nature of "number" vs "genuine/details" and the binary nature of other"made it or not" designations like FH, FBL, etc make the gray areas need more words to accurately characterize the coin in question (again, only for coins for which this effort and therefore cost would be "worth it") and as said, there's no room on the slab.
As it stands, the closest thing we have is the sticker, which indicates the opinion, roughly, "nice for the grade, we'd buy it as such"
To split this particular hair by adding "attempted" does nothing for me, because, always, "it depends"
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
How about degree? There could be Major, significant, minor, and "where's the repair?"
What about impact on value? There could be one grade level drop in value, two grades, three grades, more grades, reduce value to melt, and reduce value to zero. Some "repairs" might even <gasp> increase the value (but not to the haughty-toities who don't like any problems except the ones they do like and just "pass" on anything imperfect.
I've seen SEGS slabs that had concise notations such as "expert repair" or "smoothed right field" etc.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>What about many levels? Among repair skill, there could be, Expert, decent, amateur, and "what a mess!" >>
Attempt to repair a hole for example at any level of expertise that you wish. The damaged original metal of the coin does not change.