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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 8264965, member: 101855&quot;]&quot;Smoothed&quot; means that metal has been moved, usually to cover-up marks and scratches. It&#039;s done to make the coin look better, and perhaps fool a novice.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is also frequently seen on early copper coins that have corroded. The goal is to remove the roughness and perhaps make the coin more acceptable. Many early copper coins were smoothed over 100 years ago. Sometimes you see the word &quot;tooling&quot; which often means the same thing. </p><p><br /></p><p>It almost always results in a &quot;no grade&quot; or &quot;details&quot; holder when the piece is sent to one of the major grading services.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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