Chemically Whizzed Coin

Bob, I wouldn't be too concerned, because even it looks like a gem,
if you know your coins, you can feel right away that something is going on with this piece, something like, too good to be true...
to answer your question, I don't know how it was done, just ideas... I showed the coin to few experts in the field, and they all refer to "Whizzed" right away. some suggested that it was coated with some sort of powder processing, some say just some kind of chemically process one said some sort of sonic cleaner combine with chemicals, but they all separately agreed to "whizzed"
I don't know when this particular coin was doctored, but someone told me it was very common in the 80's.
I tend to think it was coated, because it seems the ripples are on the raised area too (well, there isn't much of raised area on this coin) but I would think that might be indication.
here's a link to an article written by Rick Montgomery about this,
(he was actually one of the experts I showed the coin to)
http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2194.chtml
I don't have much experience with orange peel, Does it shows on the design or just the surfaces ?

is above my ability to picture this, but here is an attempt...

leprecoin Orange peel is usually seen clearly in the fields but the effect extends to all details, usually in the form of erorsion of the high pressure side. I thst respect it is not like yours.

I do see that the effect extends over the letters and details and it seems to me that there is no loss of material at the sharp edges of the details which is always seen on "whizzing".

So I guess we need to look further at how this was done.

Zaggy You may be onto something with plating over a poor surface. That makes more sense and it fits with the expanded explaination that the owner got from experts.



A coating of some sort mechanical or chemical would improve the surface.

My concern is the way the coin looks in photographs not the way it looks in person. By the time these Chinese fakes arrive it is too late usually and forget the idea of a refund from China.

Thanks or sharing this, I have seen a few I felt questionable in local show and glad I didn't buy it.

Now don't laugh. I have sandblasted a lot of different things and quite often the remaining surface shows a very similar type of textured effect. I am wondering what a coin would look like if you used the equivalent of the baking soda polishing spray that dental hygienists. Just a thought.

Jim