Hairlines or whizzing?

WACoinGuy

WACoinGuy Posts: 1,110

March 3, 2003 5:05AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Does this coin look like it's been whizzed or just has a lot of hairlines?

20 cent

It looks whizzed to me -- it seems like it has too many long parallel lines to just be hairlines (especially on the right side of the obverse), but I'm still learning so I thought I'd ask for more opinions.

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cosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭

March 3, 2003 5:07AM

Sandpaper?

Bill

09/07/2006
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paigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭

March 3, 2003 5:08AM

I think it's hairlines and not whizzing.

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BillJones Posts: 34,305 ✭✭✭✭✭

March 3, 2003 5:10AM

The coin was cleaned with an abbrasive long ago. I would not call it whizzing, but it has unnatural hairlines from cleaning, which lowers the value.

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Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭

March 3, 2003 5:12AM

Neither, just a harsh abrasive cleaning. Whose slab is it in?

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WACoinGuy Posts: 1,110

March 3, 2003 6:10AM

Actually it's not in a slab -- it's just in an airtight holder.

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Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭

March 3, 2003 6:17AM

Not whizzed but harshly cleaned.
Whizzing makes them nice & shiny.

Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
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eminem Posts: 258

March 3, 2003 6:20AM

Why not whiz it??? Make it nice and shiny!!!

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lathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭

March 3, 2003 6:34AM

Not whizzed. Harshly cleaned.

Ray

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