question on 2 &1/2 $ liberty cleaned/ whizzed

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• XpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭

  November 2, 2003 12:29PM

  I would think you would have to carry it around for a lot longer than a week, if it were whizzed.

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• Placid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭

  November 2, 2003 12:34PM

  Was it on a invoice with all gold or mixed with other types of coins?

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• fountainheadgold Posts: 2,467 ✭

  November 2, 2003 12:38PM

  1 invoice all by itself
  

  Michael
  

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• Placid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭

  November 2, 2003 12:44PM

  If you can't tell it's whizzed maybe send it back with some silver/copper coins next time you have some coins to send.
  I find it odd a 1804 would get bagged for cleaning.
  
  

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• fountainheadgold Posts: 2,467 ✭

  November 2, 2003 1:29PM

  Placid, my error it is a 1904, sorry

  Michael
  

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2, 2003 5:27PM

  I find it interesting that cleaning is regarded as so vile that one would prefer a non-cleaned (looking) coin, even if worn to a lower grade.
  
  But to answer your question, no, I would not try to pocket-wear a $2.50 gold, it's too small to risk loss or damage by dinging around with other coins, and IMO it would take a long time, and won't get any better, just worse. Depending on the coin, of course, and where the hairlines are. Do you have a pic.
  
  Anyway, better to send to ANACS and try for UNC details, cleaned/whizzed, net AU 55 or 50.
  
  A coin just is what it is.

  Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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• construct Posts: 932

  November 2, 2003 7:02PM

  I thought whizzing would cause parallel lines in protected areas that wouldn't wear off. To paraphrase the Baptists, "Once whizzed, always whizzed." Am I wrong about this?
  

  The strangest things seem suddenly routine.

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2, 2003 7:25PM

  Depends. I certainly can, but not always.
  
  Imagine whizzing with a coarse wire brush: deep, harsh lines you can see easily
  
  compare: whizzing with a soft cotton wheel and some toothpaste: more of a polished look.
  
  sounds like the 1904 quarter eagle in question is subtly rather than blatantly whizzed.
  
  again, a pic or 2 would help

  Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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• Steve27 Posts: 13,277 ✭✭✭

  November 2, 2003 8:52PM

  What is the designation number (two digits before the cert number)?
  
  92|N-2 Cleaning - by cloth or dipping. Harshly cleaned.
  
  94|N-4 Altered Surface - Whizzed, harsh cleaning, thumped over (using a pasty substance to alter the appearance).
  
  I suspect, from your description, it's a 94 because you say "but did lack luster." You might consider a conservation service or dipping it before trying to wear it down to a lower grade.

  "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson

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