Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8355058, member: 24314&quot;]Kentucky, posted: &quot;Here is my tooled/smoothed &quot;modern&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1482817[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1482818[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><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" />&nbsp; <i><span style="color: #660033">That will make it much easier to sell!&nbsp; That&#039;s the point of all these &quot;flowery&quot; words for a fraudulently altered surface - no? </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">As long as you understand that the surface of your coin has been altered, you can call it smoothing, burnishing or tooling.&nbsp; Some of these alterations are done very well. Additionally, <b>I&#039;m in 100% agreement </b>with many of you, fixing the corrosion or covering the defects on the surface of an ancient makes it look much better!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Barry Murphy, posted: &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).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #b30000"><i><b>My bad</b>! I forget how long I&#039;ve been a professional coin authenticator. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><i>Wow, 1988. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; That explains why the word &quot;smoothing&quot; is just some &quot;modern concoction&quot; to me.&nbsp; Thirty-four years seems like yesterday. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> So, as I originally posted, IMO &quot;smoothing&quot; is some &quot;weasel word&quot; cooked up to to cover an entire spectrum of surface repairs. </i>&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Given that this alteration has been going on for centuries, I would forever be in debt to the person who could find one of the earliest usages of &quot;smoothing&quot; in </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">print. Perhaps in a late 1970&#039;s auction.&nbsp; I&#039;ll try to remember to post my article here when it is printed.&nbsp; Unfortunately, none of my ancients have been &quot;smoothed&quot; so I&#039;m waiting to get a magnified image. I may need to use a U.S. Colonial copper but an Ancient would be best.&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033"></span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in