Why Does This Morgan Look This Way?

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w1a9c8k5 Pillar of the Community United States 1348 Posts	Posted 04/12/2011 10:27 pm * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * I'm wondering why this morgan loks the way it does. There looks like there are cleaning marks going horizontally. I haven;t seen one that looks like this before though: Report this Post to the Staff

ayejay1974 Valued Member United States 314 Posts	Posted 04/13/2011 06:46 am From the picture, it does look like it dipped and cleaned from top to bottom. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 04/13/2011 10:33 am That coin has been whizzed Report this Post to the Staff
w1a9c8k5 Pillar of the Community United States 1348 Posts	Posted 04/13/2011 10:41 am What does that mean? Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 04/13/2011 11:08 am I wouldn't call it "whizzed," I'd call it brushed. Whizzing is a polishing process, using a power tool operating in a circular motion to buff out imperfections and impart "luster" where none existed before. With the advent of Dremels and the like, it's becoming a lost art - a whizzed coin is pretty easy to detect these days because the practitioners don't have the touch they used to have when it was done by hand. Done right, you can't tell whizzing without magnification, and even then you have to look in the right places where individual marks from the process remain. This coin, on the other hand, has been brushed in a vertical motion with such force that the damage shows up in unfocused scans. The cheek and neck are the giveaway - die polishing has been observed with this appearance, but it doesn't extend into the devices. This coin is the poster child for "mechanical cleaning." Report this Post to the Staff
fenton Pillar of the Community United States 4989 Posts	Posted 04/13/2011 3:16 pm Harshly cleaned the most common scenario is grandma busts out the silver polish and a "polishing cloth" and goes top to bottom across a coin to strip off tarnish and, in the process, imparts on it fine lines that extend through all the fields and devices. The good news is that Morgan still contains lots of silver so it has an intrinsic melt value of $32-$33. Report this Post to the Staff
w1a9c8k5 Pillar of the Community United States 1348 Posts	Posted 04/15/2011 07:31 am Thanks for the input guys. I'll sell to my parents as bullion Report this Post to the Staff
Piffin Valued Member United States 299 Posts	Posted 04/16/2011 4:12 pm It's too bad someone did this to her, because it is/was not a bad coin otherwise Report this Post to the Staff
eddiespin Pillar of the Community United States 1547 Posts	Posted 04/16/2011 6:18 pm The old girl got a facial, unfortunate little thing. Too bad. Report this Post to the Staff
mdh157 Pillar of the Community United States 952 Posts	Posted 04/16/2011 6:18 pm if you want to be able to detect cleaned coins better just peruse ebay.....there are tons of them on there. Report this Post to the Staff
Tim Stroud Pillar of the Community United States 2661 Posts	Posted 04/16/2011 6:24 pm I am going with a 320 grit Aluminum oxide abrasive cloth on this one. Report this Post to the Staff
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