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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 1859009, member: 39084"]Pretty much all ancients bronzes have been smoothed to some extent, so some smoothing is usually not considered an issue in a coin. However, aggressive smoothing that borders on tooling is usually detrimental to a coin's value, as is re-patination. </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhat surprisingly, re-patination seems to be less of an issue currently than just a few years ago, although personally I'm not 100% comfortable with this idea (but I wouldn't let it prevent me from obtaining an otherwise good coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the devices in this coin aren't tooled, it's my belief that the incredible detail was enough for bidders to put aside the high degree of smoothing and re-patination.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't think the "prices realized" for this auction have been posted yet, so I'll wait a little longer before revealing the results.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 1859009, member: 39084"]Pretty much all ancients bronzes have been smoothed to some extent, so some smoothing is usually not considered an issue in a coin. However, aggressive smoothing that borders on tooling is usually detrimental to a coin's value, as is re-patination. Somewhat surprisingly, re-patination seems to be less of an issue currently than just a few years ago, although personally I'm not 100% comfortable with this idea (but I wouldn't let it prevent me from obtaining an otherwise good coin). Since the devices in this coin aren't tooled, it's my belief that the incredible detail was enough for bidders to put aside the high degree of smoothing and re-patination. I don't think the "prices realized" for this auction have been posted yet, so I'll wait a little longer before revealing the results.[/QUOTE]
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