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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2094665, member: 19463&quot;]One thing I look for (right or wrong) is demonstrated by the Alexander or Carthage Martin showed.&nbsp; I ask myself what the coin would look like if the sand were gone but no damage was done to the metal in removing it.&nbsp; The Alexander is obviously a rough coin pitted before the sand was applied.&nbsp; Adding the sand filled in general rough surfaces and a few larger pits like the one near the bottom of the reverse figure.&nbsp; Adding the smoother sand made the coin look better and increased its eye appeal several hundred dollars worth.&nbsp; My OP coin did not benefit from what I can see but that does not make me in any way certain that the sand is original.&nbsp; &nbsp; I suspect that clean it would look a lot like zumbly&#039;s coin.&nbsp; Some will prefer my coin because they like sand but others would just as well have a smooth, brown surface.&nbsp; The cash difference would be minimal unless the sand were hiding a fake making it look &#039;old&#039;.&nbsp; I believe all the coins on this page are real so it is just the dirt we are discussing.</p><p><br /></p><p>John&#039;s coin is more of a mystery but it does have some roughness so probably looks better now than it will when cleaned.&nbsp; Losing the dirt in the face pits might even make it look better.&nbsp; I see no way that tooling would change the value of the coin since it is not just a letter away from anything more or less valuable than what we see.&nbsp; I suspect we fail to appreciate how it benefits anyone to turn a $4 coin into a $5 coin but a dollar is a lot of money for a little dirt so a thousand such coins would make a good paycheck for someone.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I yield to vlaha and steve as more expert in the odors of makeup and goats.&nbsp; I have minimal experience with goats and none with makeup.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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