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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2876980, member: 24314&quot;]desertgem, asked: &quot;Would tooling be the proper designation where holes for attachment chains or cords were filled in a rare silver coin by a plug from a less valuable same composition coin and smoothed out for display or selling?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, (I write this so as not to offend anyone.&nbsp; Be offended as I&#039;m going to stop doing it. <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 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 mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what I learned: Filling a hole in a coin (no matter how well and undetectable it is done is a REPAIR.&nbsp; This type of repair has a name - &quot;plugged.&quot;&nbsp; In order to make this repair, very often metal is moved on the coin&#039;s surface to blend the surface or level the plug.&nbsp; That is a form of tooling - moving metal on a coin&#039;s surface.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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