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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7520184, member: 24314&quot;]Inspector43, posted: &quot;Insider, did you ever get the answer to your original question?</p><p><b>I learned that if you do anything</b> to an ancient coin after it is removed from the ground<b> it would be considered &quot;tooling</b>&quot; and reduce the value to nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I really cannot understand this confusion.&nbsp; Nevertheless, I suggest you read my posts again and see it you can unlearn what you think you know.&nbsp; I&#039;m sorry but I couldn&#039;t make it more clear.&nbsp; Things like brushing off dirt from a coin is not tooling although it may harm the coin&#039;s surface.&nbsp; Of course, at the level most work at, they probably wouldn&#039;t know. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Now, I shall start my day feeling as a complete <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> failure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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