My dad was a coin collector and his old gold coins minted in the twenties had the edges shaved off them, bits
gouged out of the faces, sanded faces, by people wanting their coin to go further, same occurred with silver coins.
Not exact matches
A quick scroll down Friendicoes» Facebook page gives a
face and a story to the thousands
of animals rescued by the organization: from Blindey the unfortunate dog found with his eyes
gouged out to Tripod the three - legged pup, Friendicoes saves countless vulnerable animals who would be
out on the street were it not for generous contributions by the public.
The destruction brought to a work like Speechless (2013)-- the scraped and
gouged surfaces punctured by the blanked -
out faces of unidentifiable persons — is disturbed more by the buffed gradations and soft, whimsical applications
of paint than the frustrated violence brought to bear on the pictures.