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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3530939, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting discussion.&nbsp; In the case of the crusty Faustina I posted, removing all the crud that has adhered to the original surface, <i>and stopping at the original coin surface</i> would not be tooling or smoothing, since you are stopping at the original surface.&nbsp; Right?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is theoretical, of course - it would take an electron microscope to accomplish this kind of work, probably. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the OP, I think they look nice.&nbsp; A small amount of tooling/smoothing does not bother me, but the coins should be slabbable if they are sold by a reputable auction house without describing them as worked over.&nbsp; Most of the high grade bronzes I see on acsearch, eBay, etc. look a little suspect to me.&nbsp; But they are so far out of my price range I don&#039;t have to worry about tooling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a pretty one - I thought so anyway - but outrageously tooled and smoothed - ruined, and I don&#039;t like that, but I guess if you&#039;re going to tool something, you might as well not be sneaky about it.&nbsp; The tooler had a steady hand, but I think he went a little overboard on the pearls - it looks like she has a cobra on her head!</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this was from an eBay auction, and if I remember right, the bidding got pretty aggressive:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]938106[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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