Is this coin whizzed?

The surfaces just don't look right to me. I've bought from this seller in the past and his coins have always been very nice. Just concerned about this one. Any opinions?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Date-1...S_Individual&hash=item3a7757fa8a#ht_500wt_898

 

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Fields are very rough, looks like it has been played with at one time.

 

Whizzed? Nope.
Dipped? Well that's another story. Could be.

 

Feels cleaned and retoned, especially from photos #3 and #4. Such toning can "grow" on a freshly cleaned, shiny red coin in 3-5 months, under proper conditions.

 

Define "played with" please.

OP,

Intentionally misrepresented in the description. This alone is enough to avoid.

 

Looks like it has been cleaned to me also in photo #1 and 3 you can see a spot to the right of the date not sure if its a reflection from the plastic or what it is but to me I do not think it would be BU.

 

Whizzed, nope. Cleaned or otherwise recolored most likely.

 

No on the whiz but has been altered

 

Does anybody have a good picture of a whizzed coin? I don't think I've ever actually looked at one and want to learn!

 

The perceived luster looks unnatural which would indicate some sort of cleaning. Whizzing would leave a false luster that breaks unevenly.

 

This is one of the better whizzings I have seen, but it was whizzed.

 

Here's an example of a non whizzed and whizzed coin. Whizzed coins exibit a brighter shiny luster.
Non-whizzed

Whizzed

 

I'm thinking environmental damage and was then cleaned to try and hide it.

 

I think cleaned, but not whizzed. It was probably cleaned with polish or something else that has abrasives.

 

Or it could be the 2nd grade experimental vinegar and salt bath. Those are always fun and deceptively satin like

 

Whizzed?
I assume that whizzed means polished?

 

Almost, whizzing means using some sort of dremel tool with polishing wheels to attempt to bring back the natural luster of a coin. Usually it doesn't involve any solvents or creams to make them this way. It's time consuming if done well.

 

No whizzing is different from polishing. Whizzing involves a high speed rotary device like a dremel and brushes and it moves the metal around to give it an UNC look. You can usually find metal build up in the devices or letters

 

THis coin does not look whizzed, but it definitely looks dipped or altered.....stay away!!

 

I'm late i guess, but no - it does not look whizzed at all. To me it looks over dipped or perhaps even polished. It would depend on whta the normal range for the suface of IHC, which I know nothing about.