whizzed ???

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• geb209 Posts: 375

  December 23, 2003 5:11AM

  Looks it.

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• BillJones Posts: 34,815 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 23, 2003 5:12AM

  Yup!

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• anablep Posts: 5,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 23, 2003 5:13AM

  Hard to tell from the scan without holding the coin & catching the light just right, but I can just barely make out striations (perhaps?) under liberty's pole/cap and next to her knee. Eagle's left wing looks too shiney at high point of wear, but I know little of 20 cent pieces.

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• tgilliams Posts: 1,969

  December 23, 2003 5:15AM

  tough with scan, not sure if there's a ding on surfaces or if it's an abrasive mask. Need a close-up on this one, plus an expert in this series.

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• paigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭

  December 23, 2003 5:16AM

  
  
  << <i>but I can just barely make out striations >>
  
  
  I'm no expert...but I think if you have a really good whizzer, you won't see a lot of prominent striations, especially without a loupe. The flattish non-cartweeling luster on the obverse tipped me off....

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• laurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭

  December 23, 2003 5:51AM

  The flattish non-cartweeling luster on the obverse tipped me off....
  
  Can you really tell a lack of cartwheel from this image?
  
  If this coin was original and in AU condition as he professes, wouldn't he be trumpeting it to the sky?
  
  What aspect of the strike causes the denticles at the obverse top to be lower than the rim but higher at the bottom?

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• XpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭

  December 23, 2003 6:01AM

  The coin:
  
  

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• smed Posts: 8

  December 23, 2003 6:05AM

  If that coin ain't whizzed then it's got the worst damn luster I've ever seen.
  
  What's one design feature of the 20 cent coin that is different from all other US coin series of the time?

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• Barry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭

  December 23, 2003 6:14AM

  Can't say for sure. It could just be flat from a scanner pic, rather than digicam. Or, maybe it's made of pewter!

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• airplanenut Posts: 22,390 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 23, 2003 6:15AM

  
  
  << <i>What's one design feature of the 20 cent coin that is different from all other US coin series of the time? >>
  
  LIBERTY is raised on, not engraved in, the shield

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• Fairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 23, 2003 7:03AM

  I would say with out a doubt it is whizzed.
  
  
  

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• smed Posts: 8

  December 23, 2003 7:37AM

  airplanenut is correct.
  
  Here's an easy one: what one-year circulating commem, wasn't?

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