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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barry Murphy, post: 8354690, member: 79368&quot;]The term smoothing has been around as long as I remember, and I’ve been dealing in ancients for nearly 35 years. Just for fun, I searched CNA IV from 1988 and found the term there. I chose that catalog because that was the first year I was seriously involved in ancients (I have dabbled since 1984).</p><p><br /></p><p>At NGC, we use the term smoothing only if the original metal of the coin has been altered. The removal or flattening of encrustations or deposits does not constitute smoothing. Normally it’s in the fields, but occasionally you’ll see it on the neck or cheek of a portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>doucet, your Hadrian has been smoothed, tooled and repatinated. It’s almost just a modern forgery at this point, except the flan is ancient. I know who did the work and you really have to be careful buying from him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barry Murphy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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