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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 3528881, member: 24754"]As I said, I was willing to tolerate "smoothing", at least within my assumed definition of the word. But even the NGC valuation distinguishes between "smoothing" and "tooling". Look at the one coin in my picture that came back slabbed (Caligula), it says "Smoothing". As the others are in body bags, the "Tooling" label must mean something different. And I'm assuming that whatever it is, the auctioneers voluntarily did not disclose it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree. If they are sending 4 of them back in plastic flips as opposed to encapsulated then it seems as though the cost savings should be reflected in my bill.....Nope. And ya, "Tooled" doesn't really tell me anything useful. Was the bust scraped a little too much? Or was it completely re-sculpted? Dunno, but seems important enough to mention <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 3528881, member: 24754"]As I said, I was willing to tolerate "smoothing", at least within my assumed definition of the word. But even the NGC valuation distinguishes between "smoothing" and "tooling". Look at the one coin in my picture that came back slabbed (Caligula), it says "Smoothing". As the others are in body bags, the "Tooling" label must mean something different. And I'm assuming that whatever it is, the auctioneers voluntarily did not disclose it. I agree. If they are sending 4 of them back in plastic flips as opposed to encapsulated then it seems as though the cost savings should be reflected in my bill.....Nope. And ya, "Tooled" doesn't really tell me anything useful. Was the bust scraped a little too much? Or was it completely re-sculpted? Dunno, but seems important enough to mention o_O[/QUOTE]
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