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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 8083993, member: 82549"]I'd say tooling is an attempt to change things or add things that are no longer there. When the scratches are more or less restricted to the fields, that's just harsh cleaning scratches. Jupiter knows that I've scratched my share of coins when I first started out cleaning uncleaned ancient coins, but I've never tried to add missing details or change an inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if added by a clumsy buffoon, they're probably just cleaning scratches. But if added by a weasel, think: tooling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 8083993, member: 82549"]I'd say tooling is an attempt to change things or add things that are no longer there. When the scratches are more or less restricted to the fields, that's just harsh cleaning scratches. Jupiter knows that I've scratched my share of coins when I first started out cleaning uncleaned ancient coins, but I've never tried to add missing details or change an inscription. So if added by a clumsy buffoon, they're probably just cleaning scratches. But if added by a weasel, think: tooling.[/QUOTE]
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