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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 635568, member: 15309&quot;]If you search Heritage archives for whizzed coins, you will find many that don&#039;t bear the telltale signs.&nbsp; The reason is that whizzing is extremely difficult to see in photos.&nbsp; The purpose of whizzing is to simulate luster but it looks very different than a coin&#039;s natural luster.&nbsp; Luster is the most difficult aspect of a coin&#039;s grade to capture in a photo.&nbsp; I have posted a photo of this coin many times before.&nbsp; At first glance it appears mint state.&nbsp; Upon closer inspection after noticing the odd luster is that the coin has been whizzed.&nbsp; Notice there are no hairlines.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Barber%20Half%20Dollars/BarberHalfDollar1898-SRawWhizzedAUD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Barber%20Half%20Dollars/BarberHalfDollar1898-SRawWhizzed-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Add that the OP coin has been retoned and seeing the signs of whizzing in a photo becomes even more difficult.&nbsp; My guess is that if you saw this coin in hand, you would notice something wrong almost immediately.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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