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<p>[QUOTE="Macromius, post: 4206386, member: 90772"][USER=38412]@7Calbrey[/USER] This is just my subjective opinion:</p><p>To me there are two main types of tooling. Professional tooling purposely done to improve the grade of a coin and deceive a buyer, and the more honest tooling that often occurs during the cleaning process. By cleaning process I mean the careful scraping away of deposits and blemishes on an ancient coin which often invariably results in some tooling, or at least a lightly tooled look. Often I can live with that even if the coin cleaner gets a little carried away here and there![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Macromius, post: 4206386, member: 90772"][USER=38412]@7Calbrey[/USER] This is just my subjective opinion: To me there are two main types of tooling. Professional tooling purposely done to improve the grade of a coin and deceive a buyer, and the more honest tooling that often occurs during the cleaning process. By cleaning process I mean the careful scraping away of deposits and blemishes on an ancient coin which often invariably results in some tooling, or at least a lightly tooled look. Often I can live with that even if the coin cleaner gets a little carried away here and there![/QUOTE]
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