Am I seeing a little hypocrisy here?

[Emperor Oli]

Reading Colin Cooke's page about Dr. Nicholson, it says he "had little respect for the commercial exploitation of re-strikes of the Soho period". These must be the modern repro coins that crop up occasionally on eBay - the newly struck cartwheels etc. The statement above implies that the "commercial exploitation" is a bad thing, and should not be tolerated by any serious collector. However, when I clicked on the link to Mr. Cooke's eBay page, I looked through his listings and lo and behold, it seems even Mr. Cooke is selling them.

This seems to be hypocrisy of the highest order...or am I getting the wrong end of the proverbial stick?

Edit: I can't figure out why his username is "ohnosecond"

Edited August 15, 2004 by Emperor Oli

[Chris Perkins]

Maybe Dr Nicolson had little respect for the Soho coins struck with the original dies when they were purchased and scrubbed up in the Victorian period.

Not the modern 'fantasy' pieces that have been created with new dies.

[Half Penny Jon]

Colin even had cartwheel patterns made in honour of the sale of the Dr. Nicholson collection.....

[Emperor Oli]

I think Chris is right, I didn't know about the Victorian re-strikes.