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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1698049, member: 19463&quot;]The difference between using a tool to clean and using a tool to &#039;tool&#039; need to be made.&nbsp; Cleaning removes material like deposits and corrosion but tooling goes deeper and removes metal selectively so detail that was removed is restored or replaced with something we wish were there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite tooled coin is this non-existent as of Pescennius Niger.&nbsp; I was sent the photo over 40 years ago but do not know the present location of the coin.&nbsp; I would make an exception and buy it if it were available at a reasonable price.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH]258368.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I find the Nerva made into an EF from a VG (or was it a VF?) a piece of trash.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure I own tooled coins but I try to keep the count down by not buying more.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am particularly offended by the grading that says &#039;EF but tooled&#039; when the coin required the tooling to have EF details.&nbsp; I believe the entire laurel wreath is added so the coin should never be called EF.&nbsp; Its value started where it was before tooling and went down, not up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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