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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8285399, member: 91461&quot;]Agree with much of what&#039;s being said, but not all of it. </p><p>In pointing out the smoothing, I&#039;d asked if the seller noted it was smoothed. If not it is suspect. </p><p>It had been alluded to that the smoothing wasn&#039;t much. To me, it is. </p><p>The only kind of toothpick I could see making these gouges, all the way to what looks to me to be in the metal, is a metal dentist toothpick. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463732[/ATTACH] </p><p>CT ancients is a funny place. Sometimes it seems almost unanimous that tooling and smoothing are lame and a subtle way to destroy history for financial gain. And the other times, the statement comes out, it comes down to how bad is it to you?</p><p>For me anything beyond [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] &#039;s&nbsp; recommendation is too much. </p><p>Again, I&#039;m looking with amateur eyes and saying what I see. </p><p>I&#039;d love to hear what [USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER] thinks. Is it severe enough to be noted?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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