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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7805338, member: 75143"]Great question. It really depends on if the "tooling" INCREASES the overall grade, not just the appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an example of a coin that was tooled - fields smoothed, extra folds engraved in the dress, and extra definition added to the letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>In US terms, this would be like turning a VG coin into an EF.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1340581[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, here's a coin where cleaning did NOT increase the overall grade, just the overall <i>appearance</i>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1340585[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1340583[/ATTACH] </p><p>In US terms, this would be like sending a heavily PVC-damaged Morgan dollar to NCS for conservation. The grade is the same, but it sure looks nicer now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7805338, member: 75143"]Great question. It really depends on if the "tooling" INCREASES the overall grade, not just the appearance. Here's an example of a coin that was tooled - fields smoothed, extra folds engraved in the dress, and extra definition added to the letters. In US terms, this would be like turning a VG coin into an EF. [ATTACH=full]1340581[/ATTACH] On the other hand, here's a coin where cleaning did NOT increase the overall grade, just the overall [I]appearance[/I]. [ATTACH=full]1340585[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1340583[/ATTACH] In US terms, this would be like sending a heavily PVC-damaged Morgan dollar to NCS for conservation. The grade is the same, but it sure looks nicer now.[/QUOTE]
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