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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 8267676, member: 101855&quot;]<i>if I putty a piece, is it &quot;smoothing&quot;, or just soothing? Smoothing does not require or limit itself to, removal/moving metal.</i></p><p><i>Both can occur on a doctored piece.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Just my opinion. I am of course wrong, wrong, wrong.......</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>For those who don&#039;t know what putty is, here is a picture. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458926[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin doctors use a filler, like Bondo or some other body plastic to fill in scratches. Then they cover their work with gold paint. The trouble is, it&#039;s not permanent. The paint can&#039;t cover it up forever, and it shows through. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is not as bad as smoothing or burnishing. The piece can have the Bondo removed, and after that, the coin might be gradeable. This procedure does not involve moving metal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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