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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2876911, member: 88829&quot;]Establishing the true original surface of the coin becomes the point where experience takes command of the judgment.&nbsp; For these coins I freely admit I don&#039;t have it.&nbsp; Notwithstanding, to me the reddish material on the surface of the reverse of the lower coin, looks like it could be a thin remnant of a broad adhesion that is not quite yet down to the original surface.&nbsp; Neither coin has a complete round of beading surrounding the reverse type scene.&nbsp; Both lose definition above the name <i>DRVSILLA</i>.&nbsp; More beading is evident in the lower coin.&nbsp; Before I said that either or neither coin had been &quot;smoothed&quot; I would want to look at that region, and the rest of the surface, under a 30x microscope, which is a principle tool I use when I clean a coin.&nbsp; Only that way would I be able to establish whether or not the surface had been &quot;cut.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, even from here it appears there are spots in the obverse lettering which have not been entirely cleaned of encrustation.&nbsp; Hence they would not be &quot;below the surface.&quot;&nbsp; This leads me to wonder if that coin really has been &quot;smoothed&quot; below the original surface.&nbsp; Presumably the examiner who came to that conclusion was able to see things not in evidence in these images (a pretty safe assumption, I would think). <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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