Okay, I can figure out what a "dipped" coin is but what the heck is a "whizzed" coin ? Thanks By the way I was given an ANA membership for Christmas. How long does it take to the ID card and have the magazine??
Whizzed is a light brushing of a coin with a soft wire brush or rotary tool. This gives the coin a sort of "luster" from the fine lines and can fool the new collector into thinking it's an uncirculated coin. There is also "Thumbing" of a coin which is self explaining but I'm usure of the effect. This is an obvious example of whizzing. Some are not so obvious.
As I recall, it was about 2 weeks before I had my ID card and a week or so after that for the Numismatist.
Actually, I don't think that Peace dollar is whizzed. With a whizzed coin, the lines don't all go in one direction (because it's done with a rotary tool). With all of the lines going in the same direction across the coin, it appears this coin was wiped. A whizzed coin will show more circular lines.
Whizzing is a fairly inclusive term and can apply to any coin whose surfaces contain fine scratches from abrasive cleaning, usually covering the entire side or both sides of a coin. A large polish wheel can whiz a coin, making all the lines parallel. If the whiz lines only appear on a small portion of the coin, usually the high points, then it has been wiped.
Sometimes, when a coin has been whizzed, the sheen is just too phony looking, so thumbing the coin will dull it down a little and give it a more natural appearance. Kind of knocks the high edges off the scratches.
Thanks everybody for the information, none of my books had those terms. Also the addition of the thumbing term, I forgot to ask about that. As fot the ANA, I guess I will call them next Monday to find out what is going on there.
