Man, can someone spell t-o-o-l-i-n-g?

mrbrklyn · Apr 28, 2012

medoraman said: ↑

Tooling is where you take a coin missing details and re-engrave them. Large roman bronzes this is common for, (but still lessens value considerably), but this coin is laughable. Look at the letters, how they rise out of the field and have sharp edges. How would they have sharp edges if the fields are so worn? Look at the clothing on the obverse. Just so many examples of horrible tooling on this coin its not even collectible anymore except as a laugh.

I showed this to show bad examples of tooling, but to also warn anyone thinking of buying large Roman bronzes to be aware of this issue. I see a TON of large roman bronzes tooled on Ebay, probably most. If you are thinking of buying such a coin, please research how to spot tooling, as it does reduce the worth of the coin.

Btw, never thought I would come back to this thread and have a controversy on it, lol.
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mrbrklyn · Apr 28, 2012

medoraman said: ↑

Tooling is where you take a coin missing details and re-engrave them. Large roman bronzes this is common for, (but still lessens value considerably), but this coin is laughable. Look at the letters, how they rise out of the field and have sharp edges. How would they have sharp edges if the fields are so worn? Look at the clothing on the obverse. Just so many examples of horrible tooling on this coin its not even collectible anymore except as a laugh.

I showed this to show bad examples of tooling, but to also warn anyone thinking of buying large Roman bronzes to be aware of this issue. I see a TON of large roman bronzes tooled on Ebay, probably most. If you are thinking of buying such a coin, please research how to spot tooling, as it does reduce the worth of the coin.

Btw, never thought I would come back to this thread and have a controversy on it, lol.
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I see a lot of tooling on Bust halfs.

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