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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 4080303, member: 89514&quot;]The strict and I believe correct definition of smoothing is: removal of actual metal from the surface of a coin in order to make it more attractive by eliminating pitting, scratches, or other defects.</p><p><br /></p><p>Removal of deposits on the surface of a coin without cutting into the metal is just cleaning in my view, not smoothing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yet if such cleaning is clumsy or uneven, often because the distinction between deposits/patina on the surface and actual coin metal is hard to draw, then it will usually be called smoothing these days, inaccurately in my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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