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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25238930, member: 134416&quot;]I strongly prefer my coins in a raw state.&nbsp; While I wouldn&#039;t consider myself a super expert, I have been collecting for 30 years.&nbsp; I&#039;m relatively decent about avoiding many of the tooled coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I recently purposely violated my rule to pick up a cheapie coin, I usually run far away when a coin has those rosy patches in the fields.&nbsp; At the very least, it usually indicates oversmoothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming the strike was good, another indication is that if one aspect of the coin is weak (like the legends) and the bust is suspiciously strong.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only toolie which I&#039;ve not had many bad feelings about is my Aurelian double sestertius.&nbsp; It was sold described as tooled (and I picked it up in a remainder lot).&nbsp; It&#039;s a rare and expensive denomination, so I&#039;m probably not going to find an affordable regular example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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