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Message:: [QUOTE="mitchell, post: 11097, member: 989"]That whizzed look you mention I think is because of the lack of luster. It does lack luster.  I have looked at it very close under 16x magnification, and I cannot see any evidence of whizzing; not that I would know exactly what I was looking for.  But there are some light nicks in the fields.  Under 16x, there are some fine scratches, but nothing with any uniform pattern to them.  They just go in every different direction.  I would think that whizzing would leave uniform circular patterns.  Would it?  It has little or no luster, so I would not be surprised to find out that it had been dipped.  Or maybe it is just AU. You can see different levels of 'shine' in connecting areas of the reverse field.  I would think that if it was whizzed it would be more even across the coin, instead of the way it is uneven.  Notice on the reverse, around the "In God we trust" motto and you can see the different levels of shine.  Around the motto, it is darker.  In the field it gets brighter. Plus, there are some areas that contain very fine scratches that I would think whizzing was intended to take out. If nothing else, I can sell it on ebay, and advertise the "second reverse" component.  What about the mint-mark cud?[/QUOTE]