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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3277041, member: 82616&quot;]It isn&#039;t restricted to Judaea Capta coins. However, it is prevalent with them because they are in high demand and fetch premium prices. In that thread almost every high quality example posted was tooled and/or smoothed, as [USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER] pointed out:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Choosing low grade coins with honest wear in high demand categories may be the only way to be assured of no smoothing or tooling, especially since some auction houses omit the information. Otherwise, be sure to exam the coin in hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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