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<p>[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 4965271, member: 76440"]Yes. It's terrible practice to place a bid before reading the details of a coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I know that's not the "practice" you were seeking feedback on; but, honestly, to me, that was the most egregious "practice" in your post. Fortunately, you are off the hook. </p><p><br /></p><p>Smoothing (not tooling) - the scraping of surface defects - was standard cleaning practice decades ago. Many old collection bronzes exhibit varying degrees of smoothing. Collectors, like me, who favor provenanced coins will often accept some smoothing on an old provenanced bronze. So long as the smoothing is disclosed, I think it's fine to offer such coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm less understanding of tooling - where devices are improved or altered; but if disclosed and bidders still bid, why would the auction house not offer them? The market will ultimately decide such things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 4965271, member: 76440"]Yes. It's terrible practice to place a bid before reading the details of a coin. ;) I know that's not the "practice" you were seeking feedback on; but, honestly, to me, that was the most egregious "practice" in your post. Fortunately, you are off the hook. Smoothing (not tooling) - the scraping of surface defects - was standard cleaning practice decades ago. Many old collection bronzes exhibit varying degrees of smoothing. Collectors, like me, who favor provenanced coins will often accept some smoothing on an old provenanced bronze. So long as the smoothing is disclosed, I think it's fine to offer such coins. I'm less understanding of tooling - where devices are improved or altered; but if disclosed and bidders still bid, why would the auction house not offer them? The market will ultimately decide such things.[/QUOTE]
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