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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 4014300, member: 82549&quot;]I&#039;m not an expert, so take what I&#039;m about to write with a grain of salt, (whatever that means).</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally, to spot tooled coins, you look for details added to the highest parts of the coin. The coin above has a lot of sharp details in the protected areas, such as in the hair between the spikes of the radiate crown, but the highest parts--the curls above AP&#039;s ear, the base of the radiate crown, and the right half of Libertas&#039; body on the reverse--are worn flat. This is where you would expect to see the most wear in an untooled coin. So no, the coin does not leap out at me and scream &quot;Tooled.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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