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Message:: [QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 1936693, member: 39084"]I, too, would like to believe that CNG would call attention to tooling on coins in their electronic auctions, but this is simply not the case.  For example, the following coin is listed on the current electronic auction with no particular comments about its condition: [ATTACH=full]334971[/ATTACH] This coin, particularly the legends, clearly has been tooled both on the obverse as well as the reverse.  Worn coins that are NOT tooled tend to look like this: [ATTACH=full]334973[/ATTACH] The edges of the legends are gradual and worn, not sharp as a cliff. I'm not casting aspersions on CNG -- I think very highly of them and have bought coins from their store as well as their auctions.  But it would be impossible for them to evaluate and comment on every coin in their biweekly electronic auctions. I reiterate my previous observations that the OP's coin has been somewhat tooled by sharpening the edges of some of the obverse and reverse devices.  I could ask my dealer to comment on the coin -- he can spot tooling from 100 paces -- but it's not my goal to create friction and ill will about this topic.  The minor tooling on the OP's coin doesn't really detract from its appeal.[/QUOTE]