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freewheel Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 11/19/2009 05:28 am This is my first post in the forum so please bear with me especially if this topic has already been beaten to death. I retired this past summer and although have collected coins all my life I have learned more in the past 6 months that in my entire life about coin collecting and have discovered what I don't know is way more than what I know so I am trying to catch up........... Question: I have tried to find good examples of coins that have been whizzed on the net but have been unable to do so. Does anyone have photos of coins that have been whizzed? Especially wheat pennies and Mercury dimes. Thanks for any help............ Report this Post to the Staff

nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15386 Posts	Posted 11/19/2009 05:59 am .... glad to have you check in. I have no idea what you mean by 'whizzed'. Perhaps someone else can help you on this one. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
freewheel Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 11/19/2009 06:11 am David, thanks for the reply, perhaps we can both gain from this topic.... A whizzed coin has been buffed or polished to give it the appearance of the luster found on a mint coin. Whizzing is often done to try to sell the coin at a higher grade than it really is. So, I know the textbook definition but need examples, especially photos of a Wheat penny and Mercury dime. Jack Report this Post to the Staff
bill069 Pillar of the Community United States 608 Posts	Posted 11/19/2009 06:49 am freewheel, if you do a search on ebay under U.S. Coins put in Whizzed and you may see some examples. I've seen them listed before. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 11/19/2009 07:16 am Whizzing can be done mechanically or chemically (with acids etc), though cleaning with corrosive chemicals is more usually called "dipping". As for examples, try a forum search for "whizzed", if you haven't already. I couldn't find any whizzed mercs or wheats, but this recent thread was posted by someone who thought that using a wire wheel dremel was an acceptable means of removing corrosion off a valuable Indian Head cent. The net result was a whizzed coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
freewheel Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 11/19/2009 07:25 am I guess the second part of the thread is: will whizzing leave brush marks going across the coin? thanks for all the help, Jack Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 11/19/2009 08:21 am freewheel, Here's a short article from PCGS that helps explain it. Some folks are masters of this craft and it's hard to discern their work without experience and having the coin in-hand. http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2194.chtml Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 11/19/2009 08:40 am It depends on how fine the brush used for whizzing is, and how skilled the whizzer. Mint lustre is caused by the natural roughness of the metal catching and reflecting the light. This roughness is removed by circulation or by chemical reaction. Whizzing attempts to recreate similar roughness. But unlike the somewhat random orientation of genuine lustre, whizzed pseudolustre should typically come in parallel lines, as the whizzing brush touches the coin across a relatively wide area. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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