10-01-2003, 12:04 AM
A marvelous and ethical idea. But we need to be very, very sure they are fakes before doing permanent things in this fashion. Maybe this is rocket science, maybe it isn't. And maybe, just maybe, there are things we don't yet know.
I know of one UK dealer who de-names British medals he thinks are fake. He has destroyed a substantial number of important and historical authentic pieces that way. Caution!
Nevertheless, I am always disturbed to see dealers -- many of whom I both like and trust -- selling known and determined and painfully obvious fakes that still have obviously deceptive serial numbers on the reverse. Do the reenactors need serial numbers?
Keep up the "F"-work, but with care.
Ed Haynes
I know of one UK dealer who de-names British medals he thinks are fake. He has destroyed a substantial number of important and historical authentic pieces that way. Caution!
Nevertheless, I am always disturbed to see dealers -- many of whom I both like and trust -- selling known and determined and painfully obvious fakes that still have obviously deceptive serial numbers on the reverse. Do the reenactors need serial numbers?
Keep up the "F"-work, but with care.
Ed Haynes
