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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;greekandromancoins, post: 2791071, member: 87990&quot;]Thank you for your responses. The dealer confirmed my suspicions about the patina. They advised me that they use the word &quot;surfaces&quot; to describe coins which have been stripped, naturally toned and touched up but that they could not see any evidence of tooling or smoothing. They acknowledged however that it is difficult to verify this from photos so that I should send it back to them to inspect in hand. This is what I will do and I&#039;ll report back here with the outcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>What a rookie error - ignoring the word &quot;surfaces&quot; when bidding...</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t mind those stripped and toned coins which have that golden-brown appearance of the Gordian sestertius above.&nbsp; I can also live with a coin which has been re-patinated if I knew it at the time and /or did not pay much for it. I don&#039;t have any issue with tooling. However I want to avoid adding coins to my collection which potentially have had patch work and / or substantial tooling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Peter[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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