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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 8061499, member: 87200&quot;]Tooling and smoothing is a slippery slope. If something is represented as authentic and indeed is tooled, then that is a big problem. If noted by the seller, e.g. &#039;Minor smoothing&quot; it&#039;s not much better IMHO. If the image impressed by the dies is altered, then the work of the original craftsman is lost. Hence, I would prefer a more worn coin then something that is pristine but has been altered. Anyway, to each his own I suppose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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