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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8449482, member: 24754"]The cheek and neck being blurred is a strange thing to be sure, as it should be in focus just like the rest of the coin. Again, I don't want to make any accusations, but if the blurring were intentional then it could have been to hide the tooling (Smoothed devices = Tooling). This status is confirmed in the pictures that Cmezner provided.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not to detract from the coin, it is very nice. But again, if the intent is have the coin slabbed, then this is something that you want to avoid. It is also something that FR Auction coin descriptions tend to not disclose (Which might just come down to a difference of opinion on the definitions of "Tooling").</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize that I might be the only one in the thread that is concerned about these caveats, in which case, never mind <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8449482, member: 24754"]The cheek and neck being blurred is a strange thing to be sure, as it should be in focus just like the rest of the coin. Again, I don't want to make any accusations, but if the blurring were intentional then it could have been to hide the tooling (Smoothed devices = Tooling). This status is confirmed in the pictures that Cmezner provided. Not to detract from the coin, it is very nice. But again, if the intent is have the coin slabbed, then this is something that you want to avoid. It is also something that FR Auction coin descriptions tend to not disclose (Which might just come down to a difference of opinion on the definitions of "Tooling"). I realize that I might be the only one in the thread that is concerned about these caveats, in which case, never mind ;).[/QUOTE]
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