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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
please grade this large cent   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
972 Posts |
AU Details...Sadly  Cleaned, Scratched. |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1980 Posts |
new pics   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
785 Posts |
AU 55 details scratched. To bad it looked so nice from the obverse...
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
I can see it being MS-60.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2495 Posts |
Cleaned for sure.
Very possibly whizzed.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
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Moderator
 United States
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from the glossary (near the top of the menu on left of screen)  Quote:
whizzing
Term to describe the process of mechanically moving the metal of a lightly circulated coin to simulate luster. Usually accomplished by using a wire brush attachment on a high-speed drill. its been rubbed clean at least |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3234 Posts |
You can see that all of the open areas (fields) have a completely different and kind of polished surface when compared to the very protected letters and details.
....and the different lighting sure does give this nice cent a different look to us here.
AU Polished ......and so sad to see...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1192 Posts |
The lustre is definitely off. It could be whizzed, but my gut says polished/cleaned. Not that there is much difference either way.
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Pillar of the Community
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poker there is a huge difference between whizzed and polished... My guess is AU at best and looks polished maybe even dipped
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
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...maybe even dipped. I was going to say, I thought it may be dipped, just looked that way. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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poker there is a huge difference between whizzed and polished... My guess is AU at best and looks polished maybe even dipped The reduction in value of the coin is the same in either case. The intent of those activities is the same- messing with a coin in order to make it look better to an untrained eye. Sometimes whizzing is slightly harder to detect than polishing. |
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Posted 07/18/2013 10:09 pm
