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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3529432, member: 88829&quot;]Actually, the coin&#039;s metal is the really essential relevant substance.&nbsp; When people gob on layers of artificial patina in orange, yellow, or whatever, then carve down through it to the metal surface to enhance the appearance of the coin, do we call it tooling or something else?&nbsp; We need to tighten up our lexicon so our communication is as sharp as our analysis.&nbsp; When you sit down with Victor England or Harlan Berk to discuss tooling, the first thing they do is set down their understanding of what that means. We need to do that, and get consistent at it.&nbsp; Otherwise we are out to sea without a lexicon.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem in this case is that when NGC slapped the term on a coin without explanation, none of us could be sure just exactly what shaped their judgement.&nbsp; The OP didn&#039;t like it that they would not put his coins in a slab, but assumed that they must know, so it must be true.&nbsp; Sad really.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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