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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 2711351, member: 86498&quot;]Smoothing unfortunately is a part of the scene especially if one is trying to collect ancient base metal coinages such as Sestertii. It can be really difficult to determine the extent of the issue.The problem with tooling is that the individual doing the tooling can and usually does make a mistake and thus ruins the coin. I saw one sestertius where the re-engraving of a togate figure made him look like he was wearing striped prison garb. Often the most egregious problem is the re-engraving of the hair. I have seen so many coins where the re-engraved hair is not in the style contemporary to when the coin was struck.&nbsp; A botched tooling can absolutely destroy any value the coin originally had.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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