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harasha
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Well, sometimes I think that I do well, at least under the criteria that I use for my collecting interests. I recently won a 1619 Brunswick "Wildman" taler at auction. PCGS ruled it as "Tooled," which for my purposes, was fine. I did not notice anything significant in the photo. In fact, upon receipt, I did not see anything that I thought of, as tooled. In fact, upon second reading of the item description, I realized that the tooling was what appeared to be random scratches. Is this tooling? I thought tooling was when someone works the details of a coin or medal with a fine (hopefully) instrument. This does not appear to be the case here. So, am I mistaken in my definition?
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The background has been smoothed (tooled).
Under higher magnification, I think I see what you mean.
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For 1619 this wildman image is impressive, what with the six pack, bohemian beard, plant Speedo and tree club. He is probably Rumplstilskins cousin. Peace Roy
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If you consider the area where the wildman is standing to be a clock, look at 4 to 5 o’clock and you will see a scraped area where there a bush or something to right of his calf. That is where, I think, the tooling was cited. You will note that that area is a slightly lighter color.
Still a very cool coin!
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