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1942 D Quarter Whizzed?

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 Posted 03/29/2014  12:21 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add numivet to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Checking out this quarter, something just didn't look right.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1942-D-Wash...em43c794cf7a
Could it be whizzed, lightly buffed?
Seems to have quite a few splotches, maybe it's just the way the photo was touched up to lighten the toning?
Not meaning to rag on the seller, just tightening up my
" ebay skills".
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 Posted 03/29/2014  12:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TC3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks cleaned to me.
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Cleaned, for sure. If you zoom in on it, you can see the scratches from the cleaning cloth that was used. Not a horrible cleaning job, but still.. cleaning a coin does drop its value. Worth its weight in silver is about all, really. If it were slabbed and certified with a good MS, might be worth some bucks, but PCGS would send that back in a bag. Good eye, you have there!
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The obverse field right below "In God We Trust" is a dead giveaway.
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Looks cloth-cleaned although there is an area behind the "pony tail" that looks like die-flow lines. I can't recall ever seeing a Wash Q coin with die flow lines but it's certainly possible. The breast feather detail is fairly weak as well due to strike, wear, or cleaning. This is a coin I would generally pass on - it has kind of a "manipulated" look so often seen on raw coins from ebay.

Definitely not whizzed by the way- whizzing produces short nicks that are very easily seen and not as fine or as shallow as hair lines.
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03/29/2014 12:51 pm
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Thanks for the replies all. It's great to have a place to confirm what I think I'm seeing!
If you zoom in, my screen shows light green splotches all over the obverse fields.
That's why I wonder if the photo was retouched, to hide the marks from cleaning.
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