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josephrg Valued Member United States 234 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 08:29 am About a year ago I sent 5 coins to NGC for grading.Two coins were rejected one because of a unstable surface and this one for a Re-engraved reverse design.The coin is 32mm and 25.2 grams with a nice green patina.Does anyone see any problems with the coin. Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 08:47 am It certainly looks as if the design features on the reverse have been 'enhanced' during the cleaning process. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 08:50 am Unfortuately, the re engraving (tooling) of the coin itself to accentuate the detail has caused it to loose a great proportion of it's previous value. It appears that the eye of Vespasian and the lettering has also been tooled. This coin would have been much better off left untooled. That is a pity. The die cutting of the original artist has been altered and masked by a much more modern 'artist' with less skill. Report this Post to the Staff
josephrg Valued Member United States 234 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 08:54 am I still think it is a nice coin not sure how much it will affect the value.The coin in hand does not look or feel tooled and has nice ledgends which look untouched based on the patina Report this Post to the Staff
Neo13x Pillar of the Community United States 604 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 09:02 am Quote: Unfortuately, the re engraving (tooling) of the coin itself to accentuate the detail has caused it to loose a great proportion of it's previous value. It appears that the eye of Vespasian and the lettering has also been tooled. This coin would have been much better off left untooled. That is a pity. The die cutting of the original artist has been altered and masked by a much more modern 'artist' with less skill. The missing green around the portrait tells the story. Edited by Neo13x 12/30/2014 09:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 10:33 am The tooling on the reverse is pretty evident though it doesn't look recent. Several hundred years ago it might have been acceptable to do this and not effect the value but now it is not. Report this Post to the Staff
MetDet71 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1569 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 5:14 pm Some of the reverse looks to have been wheel cut to enhance it. I agree with Ron that it was done back in time when this was acceptable practice. Still a nice coin, value wise it will be lower though. You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys..... Report this Post to the Staff
josephrg Valued Member United States 234 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 6:36 pm It makes sense the reverse may have been re in graved hundreds of years ago since it has developed a nice patina over the tooling. The obverse has not been touched and has the shiny hard green patina intact. So 2 different patinas on one coin. Report this Post to the Staff
MetDet71 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1569 Posts	Posted 12/30/2014 7:05 pm He looks really sad on that coin.... I would probably buy it just for that. You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys..... Report this Post to the Staff
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