Whizzed barber half

I don't know what the devil is going on but for some blasted reason I can't enlarge Rusty's coin.

Paul, would it be possible to enlarge your example? For the life of me I don't see any hairlines and I've got the cheaters on.

 

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All right, Rusty set me straight. Finally I'm able to enlarge. I must say that is one beautiful coin and quite an artful whizzing job. I hate to admit it (and I guess I'm showing a bit of my 'greenie') but I could have been fooled by this one. Thanks for the example Rusty and thanks for pointing those flaws out....

 

Ken , I don't think you're as green as you say , but if you had the coin in hand and a decent loupe you would be able to see the telltale lines , and roundness of details , especially i THINK IN THE HORIZONTAL LINES ON THE SHIELTDS TOP , these lines are usually strong ,at least in the ones Ive seen , and this ones right side is almost flat .
rzage
Glad you got the bug worked out .:bow:

 

A couple of years ago I toyed with the idea of buying a few "problem" coins that had very good eye appeal if they were heavily discounted in price. After a lot of consideration and reading comments on CoinTalk, I dropped the idea, believing the coins should always be virtually worthless. But when I see something like this, it makes me wonder....

 

Thanks to you old friend. I'm just so totally out of my element here. I'm basically a modern guy but I do love the 'classics'....I continue my education. :smile

 

I own my share of problem coins. Some with the problem noted on the holder, some in no-problem slabs. None of them are "worthless." Typically, they are easy to buy and hard to sell. The spread is often quite wide, meaning many dealers will ask a strong price, but offer quite low on problem coins. Still, virtually every coin can find a happy home at the right price. Whether a person wants such coins in his/her collection is a personal decision.

In some series, some grades, a good percentage of the coins up for sale will have problems or at least be questionable. Some alterations are easy to see. A good many lightly dipped coins have retoned and are decent enough looking to suspend disbelief. The "faux original" coins often get bid up strong, even though they too, have likely been messed with. Yes, dipping is in a different ballpark from whizzing. As are some other alterations such as tooling, putty, lasering.

 

I bought a beautiful ( to me ) Indian cent for $80 I think it would go MS-65 without the "problem" when I bought it it said cleaned on the 2X2 , but it's one of my favorite coins , I smile every time I look at it and except for a tiny color difference I can't tell it was cleaned , when I learn how to take a decent pic with my new camera I'll post it and ask how you can tell this coin was cleaned , there's not a hairline on it that I can see at 3Xs . Matter of fact I'm smiling right now just thinking of it .
rzage