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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4418415, member: 24314&quot;]No telling.&nbsp; It is not a secret.&nbsp; Metal can be moved on a coin&#039;s surface using various tools.&nbsp; It is all covered by the term &quot;tooling.&quot;&nbsp; That includes moving metal to smooth out the surface as burnishing or a recent term &quot;smoothing&quot; (to make the act of altering an ancient coin easier to swallow) all the way to &quot;chasing&quot; or digging into it or adding details.&nbsp; Spot removals are done to remove unsightly spots on the surface.&nbsp; Most spot removals are don by ham-fisted, morons who don&#039;t know any better.&nbsp; It looks like they use pins or nails - anything sharp and pointed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll post some images this week.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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