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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2712224, member: 112&quot;]I sometimes forget that not everybody, especially in this section of the forum, knows me. What I mean by that is this - if you know me, you already know that I readily admit that I know just about nothing about ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that is not the point, my point is this. Even somebody like me, who knows nothing about ancients, knows from reading countless articles and books on coins that tooling and all forms of coin doctoring have been practiced on all types of coins since long before I was ever alive - and I turn 64 next month.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be quite honest with you guys, I was surprised, shocked even, to read comments stating that tooling was not used on ancients. Or at the least, very seldom. I mean I took it as being common knowledge, an accepted fact, that tooling was absolutely used, and commonly so, on ancients. So to hear/read comments like I was reading it was like - What ! How could anybody, especially the guys here, not know this ??? I know it, and I don&#039;t know anything about ancients ! </p><p><br /></p><p>Now can I quote you specific books and articles and page numbers ? Good God no ! I have read literally tens of thousands of articles and many thousands of books about coins over the last 57 years. Can ANY of you remember exactly what book or what article you read a specific point in ? No, I&#039;d wager you can&#039;t. But you can remember the general knowledge you have accumulated over the years. And so can I. </p><p><br /></p><p>I want to add one more thing, and it is this that prompted my post to begin with. It has to do with the initial post made by Insider. The only reason I even came into this section of the forum was because his initial post was reported. And it&#039;s my job to take care of things like that, so I came here, and read the thread. Had I not done that I never would have posted her to begin with, I never would have even see the thread, let alone post in it. But I did, and when I read what I did read I felt compelled to post what I posted. For two reasons, one, to share what I considered to be very common knowledge. And two, as a way of kind of backing up, confirming, what Insider was saying in his posts. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why did I want to do that ? Well, quite simply because I know who he is in real life, and to my knowledge nobody else on this forum does. And I will say this much, if he says something, you should probably listen to him. Is he always right ? No, but he aint wrong very dang often ! He and I even disagree once in a while. </p><p><br /></p><p>The way he posts, the way he says things, the way he does things, more often than not he comes off as being a jerk. And a lot if people take him that way, take his posts that way. I have tried to &quot;advise&quot; him to change his ways both privately and as a moderator on this forum, and to a degree he has. But just like the rest of us he is who he is, the way he is. Can you change who you are, can I ? No, probably not. And he can&#039;t either. But like I said he has made some effort, probably about the same amount that any of us could manage were we to try. Though I sure would like it if he could change some more ! </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I will repeat what I said earlier, if he says something, you should probably listen. And that is not something I would say about very many people. And those that do know me, know that. For those of you who don&#039;t know me, well, not much I can do about that. But there are a few in this section of the forum who do know me, and perhaps you could listen to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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