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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This really isn't a bad looking dime in hand, but I'm suspicious of its surfaces. I'm thinking its been cleaned or whizzed or something. What do you think?    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agree with you...looks like some kind of whizzing going on...too many light scratches
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1081 Posts |
Totally agree that something happened to it. It looks whizzed due to the many fine scratches and the back, especially the "one dime" really are telling of being cleaned somehow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1081 Posts |
Totally agree that something happened to it. It looks whizzed due to the many fine scratches and the back, especially the "one dime" really are telling of being cleaned somehow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
Certainly a nice piece, but it does look "spiffed up" abit. Those horizontal scratches are somewhat distracting. And they buzzed off the "S".
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Valued Member
United States
321 Posts |
Ya it looks like it was scrubbed pretty good IMO. I have a 1914 that may look like this one did before cleaning
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Valued Member
United States
321 Posts |
fioti, how can you tell there was an S mm?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
1913S is a key date. It was a joke I expect.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
This coin has been cleaned but not whizzed, they are NOT the same thing. Whizzing is a mechanical method used to "recreate" or "simulate" luster and the process will typically leave metal built up around the devices. Long, continuous, parallel hairlines such as the ones on the posted coin are typically caused by wiping action.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
Scrubbed, but not "whizzed." Whizzing is a polishing process, which doesn't leave marks.
'Tis a shame. Nice coin.
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Valued Member
United States
321 Posts |
key date! joke! I knew that...  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
5375 Posts |
AU details cleaned (somewhat harshly). I only say somewhat because I've seen worse : (
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6391 Posts |
If those horizontal hairlines were just on the portrait I'd suspect they were slide marks from album windows. Since they also cross the fields they are most likely evidence of cleaning. As Shadowcreator notes, there are much more severe examples of cleaning. This coin is relatively presentable and I'll bet the hairlines are less noticeable in-hand.
I'd grade it AU-58 for detail; just a whisper away from MS.
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Posted 10/07/2010 10:01 am
