Hi Chaps
Some very interesting posts there.
As regards who commissioned Gaunts to manufacture the re-strikes (and I think we can call them re-strikes as I believe they were produced from the original dies), the above comments are probably not far off the mark.
The buttons which Rob has listed are certainly all well known to have been produced as Gaunt restrikes (except maybe the QC RHG, can't remember about that one off-hand).
The restrikes/repros are, in theory, rarer than the originals but to my mind certainly not as desirable and not usually of the same quality. Personally, I would much rather have a "common" original than a "rare" restrike!
David
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