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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ShannaS, post: 2657220, member: 85144&quot;]I can understand this criticism fully. I personally would never advise a client to buy an overly tooled and smoothed coin, however I would like to point out something that I find interesting. The first is that tooling and smoothing in the Renaissance and until recent times (perhaps a 100 years ago or so) was not considered to be a negative thing.&nbsp; It was an improvement on an ancient coin.&nbsp; We restore paintings that have damage and that doesn&#039;t make them less valuable.&nbsp; So why do we look down on coins that are tooled and smoothed?&nbsp; I&#039;m NOT advocating for this please understand, I&#039;m just interested by the change in mentality.&nbsp; The other thing is that these coins ARE still authentic.&nbsp; So I imagine that some people who want an authentic coin also are interesting in having the best example possible.&nbsp; I myself just purchased a Galba for my stock in the recent DNW auction.&nbsp; It does have some smoothing on it but I couldn&#039;t walk away from it because it has a pedigree that is beyond wonderful (C.S. Bement Collection, Naville Auction VIII (Lucerne), 25-8 June 1924, lot 683; E.G. Spencer-Churchill Collection, Ars Classica Auction XIII (Lucerne), 27-9 June 1928, lot 1606; bt Spink May 1938).&nbsp; I figure if the coin is good enough for C.S. Bement and E.G. Spencer-Churchill then it is good enough for me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Again, I just want to reiterate that when I advise my clients I always would opt not to buy a heavily tooled or smoothed coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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