to restore or not to restore...

Tim Simmons · 30th January 2021, 09:08 AM

Knives and swords like many weapons even modern technical weapons need maintenance and repairs often done in the field. Also even what may be called crude by us may have been relatively expensive to the owner so would be repaired and maintained even keeping it sharp is maintenance. So it is the same with collecting just depends no whether it is good or not good. Weapons are tools that always retain a function even if you do not use them. Coins are tokens only function when in legal circulation.

fernando · 30th January 2021, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

... Weapons are tools that always retain a function even if you do not use them. Coins are tokens only function when in legal circulation.

That would depend on one's perspective.
Tools, with time passing, also become anachronic. We don't collect (old) weapons because of what they are, but because of what they used to be.
To each one his own taste. Collecting coins, for some, is a tasteless hobby; like collecting weapons for others, who find it senseless.
In the end, both are collectible symbols and both have value, even monetary ... for those who fancy them

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30th January 2021, 09:08 AM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	Knives and swords like many weapons even modern technical weapons need maintenance and repairs often done in the field. Also even what may be called crude by us may have been relatively expensive to the owner so would be repaired and maintained even keeping it sharp is maintenance. So it is the same with collecting just depends no whether it is good or not good. Weapons are tools that always retain a function even if you do not use them. Coins are tokens only function when in legal circulation.