Do These Wheat Cents Have Original Surfaces?

I promise you, these coins will not look this good in hand. There was a posting a few months back where a guy bought some cents that had the exact same look to them. When he got them in the mail they looked nothing close to as good as the images. Another member then took the images the member posted and photoshopped them to look exactly like the auction images. I would bet this is the same seller.

The surfaces do not appear to be original. I bought a few re-colored wheaties once as a test and the "coating" came right off with an acetone soak and a q-tip. The coins underneath were XF/AU pieces with normal surfaces for lightly circulated bronze cents.

The images in the OP are very similar to what I purchased.

I don't think that they are original the color is weird they look plated

1935S and 1936 - harshlyt, cleaned

1937D - This one looks OK

On the first two I see no indication of cartwheel luster. When photographed you can usually see the "wheel spokes" on a cartwheeling coin. I think I see a couple spokes on the reverse of the last coin.

If they're all from the same seller I'd say their all suspect.
I don't think they are with original surfaces, but I agree the 37-d
has the best chance of being OK and is a nice coin. They all have a flat
look to them.

I can see it now, it could just be the pictures....keep working on your picture taking skills.

Whizzing doesn't leave marks because it is a rotary or circular method that simulates the circular flow lines that are created during the minting process. That's how you can get the luster effect.

What you do get from whizzing is a metal build up around raised surfaces of the coin.

Whizzed coins can be attractive and I personally find them really difficult to identify although I am trying to learn.

In the picture of the 37-D above, it just makes me suspicious because the details seem a little mushy - like around Lincoln's chin and nose - and there seems to be some kind of shiny ridge running up his back that might be residue from whizzing.

It just looks a little off to me but it could just be the picture or I may be dead wrong about detecting whizzed coins. In fact, I'd say there's probably a pretty good chance I have a couple of whizzed coins in my collection. Like I said, I find it really challenging to detect.