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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 132328, member: 2972&quot;]I see no evidence of tooling.&nbsp; I think the odd angle and light position of the original photo has fooled people into thinking otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>By way of reference, here is a cleaned AU example currently being auctioned by Heritage:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://images.heritagecoin.com/images/HNAI/300/409/409001422o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://images.heritagecoin.com/images/HNAI/300/409/409001422r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an AU 58 that recently sold:&nbsp; <a href="http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=405&amp;Lot_No=7796&amp;src=pr#Photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=405&amp;Lot_No=7796&amp;src=pr#Photo" rel="nofollow">http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=405&amp;Lot_No=7796&amp;src=pr#Photo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a VF 35 from the Reiver sale: <a href="http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=391&amp;Lot_No=29660#Photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=391&amp;Lot_No=29660#Photo" rel="nofollow">http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=391&amp;Lot_No=29660#Photo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For those of you who think the original coin has been tooled, where specifically was it tooled?</p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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