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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 3335614, member: 24314"][USER=77413]@RonSanderson[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is something we call micro whizzing that leaves a coin with cartwheel luster as it does not destroy the radials yet it does change the appearance of the "non-original anymore" mint luster. With this treatment the design does not acquire the characteristic "lip" necessary to be whizzing. Unfortunately, I have never been able to capture this micro-effect in an image. If I recall, this alteration first appeared on Indian and Lincoln cents in the 1980's. The grading <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> services (except where I worked <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) slabbed these coins as red Unc's <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> until they finally caught on after several months or more. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just saw a micro-whizzed obverse Morgan dollar today. The reverse was 100% original. The obverse was altered and then attractively toned. The collector thinks his coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> is an MS-67+! </p><p><br /></p><p>You may have one of these pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 3335614, member: 24314"][USER=77413]@RonSanderson[/USER] There is something we call micro whizzing that leaves a coin with cartwheel luster as it does not destroy the radials yet it does change the appearance of the "non-original anymore" mint luster. With this treatment the design does not acquire the characteristic "lip" necessary to be whizzing. Unfortunately, I have never been able to capture this micro-effect in an image. If I recall, this alteration first appeared on Indian and Lincoln cents in the 1980's. The grading :bucktooth: services (except where I worked ;):smuggrin:) slabbed these coins as red Unc's :jawdrop::facepalm: until they finally caught on after several months or more. I just saw a micro-whizzed obverse Morgan dollar today. The reverse was 100% original. The obverse was altered and then attractively toned. The collector thinks his coin :vomit: is an MS-67+! You may have one of these pieces.[/QUOTE]
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