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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2876839, member: 24314&quot;]IMHO, <b>NOW WE ARE GETTING SOMEWHERE</b>!&nbsp; Very educational, I may change my opinion.&nbsp; I&#039;ll write more later, busy at the moment as I&#039;m &quot;smoothing some stuff.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>maridvnvm, posted:&quot;Who would care to define tooling and smoothing. I have seen many, many definitions and most of them different. My definitions are as follows:-</p><p><br /></p><p>Smoothing: &quot;<b>Removal of metal from the fields of a coin to create a smoother appearance to the surface of the coin</b>.&quot; [<span style="color: rgb(0, 179, 0)">Agree</span>] Removal of layers of patina, encrustations etc. are variations on cleaning and NOT smoothing. [<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">but you are making the surface smoother - right?&nbsp; So which is it, smoothing or variations of cleaning?&nbsp; See the problem?<span style="color: #000000">]</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Tooling: &quot;<b>Removal of metal from the devices or legends to either sharpen the design or to modify aspects of the design.&quot;</b> [Agree]</p><p><br /></p><p>lrbguy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, posted: You guys would do well to learn about the formation of patina as we find it on our coins, specifically bronze.&nbsp; Patina is not a mere coloration.&nbsp; Patination (formation of patina) is the conversion of the metallic coin surface into a layer of a non-metallic chemical salt of the coin metal itself.&nbsp; What this means is that removing adhesions above the surface level of the coin is simply cleaning.&nbsp; But removal of material below the surface level is a removal of some of the original coin surface itself, and that is an irreparable alteration of the original coin, no matter how nicely it &quot;presents.&quot;&nbsp; If &quot;smoothing&quot; only takes place above the original surface, it is not an alteration of the coin, merely its appearance.&nbsp; But if &quot;smoothing&quot; dips into the surface level to &quot;even things up&quot; it is an intentional alteration of the original coin and should be described with the coin.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">LOVE IT!!!&nbsp; BEST ANSWER NOMINATION!</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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