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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 211487, member: 6370&quot;]I mention in another thread a while back I thought a coin might be tooled. Someone asked what tooling is...there are varying stages of tooling...some might tool a coin lightly to bring out a bit of detail, some might, in essence, carve the full image back on a coin that has been worn down almost completely...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tooling is when a person takes a very worn coin and carves the detail back...some people are good at this and when done right it might even fool people...some...well...here is a good example of a terrible tooled coined that was posted on another forum...it might be the WORST case of tooling I have ever seen...many tooled coins are not so obvious but this is a good one to use because pretty much every problem a tooled coin might have is represented here...and as a side note, this coin sold for 750.00 dollars...most likely all it was originally when found was a slug...this coin seems completely carved and colored....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i22.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/93/fa/55bf_1.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i1.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/93/fa/58e4_1.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is supposed to be a Nero Claudius Drusus Coin. Estimated price 950!! Authenticity&nbsp; &#039;Garantied!&#039;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is the actual coin...even on the worst of days, missing an eye and hung over or drunk the Roman did not produce such awful coins and even in the late empire they did not product such garbage.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero_claudius_drusus/RIC_0109-o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero_claudius_drusus/RIC_0109-r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is one of the men I took my handle for because I think not only are his REAL coins stunning (most from this time are), they were great roman figures...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This person just bilk someone out of 750 dollars and sold a coin worth 000!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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