Is this what a whizzed coin looks like?

If you take a look at the rest of the coins he's selling they all apparently met the same fate '35 years ago'.

 

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The 5 on the back appears to be doubled, so I went to pcgs and looked at a photo of theirs and it also looks doubled. Were they made this way?

 

Yeah, the B-3 and B-4 die pairings have the reverse with the doubled (repunched?) 5.

 

Sure does look like "Dremel lustre" to me.....

 

Oh, I'd buy it for the right price, just to show people what a whiz job looks like.

 

Yep, whizzed. Actually, I should have said the even, all over shadow effects are because the wire bristles (or whatever they use) couldn't get into the recessed parts.

 

The quarter linked in the OP definitely appears whizzed. I also wanted to say Bedford's picture of the whizzed Lincoln is a textbook example of what whizzing looks like - great picture!

Here is a Seated Liberty Quarter which was whizzed. Notice the characteristic feel of the fields, and the "shadow" around her leg.

 

I was told the prefered media is glasswool.

 

I contacted the seller in question concerning the coin in the OP.

Me: "Has this coin been cleaned? It looks like it has been polished."

Him: "No I don't think so the surface is definitely not shiny nor is it smooth that would be my definition of polished thank you for your interest Robert"

 

Well, my lawn mower blade isn't exactly smooth and shiny after I hit it with a bench grinder, either.

 

Yes, the coin appears to have been whizzed. Look at the appearance of "fake" luster; there has clearly been a significant movement of metal, which is what separates a cleaning from whizzing.

 

I believed you guys, BTW. Just wanted to see what he said when confronted with a point-blank question. Puts him on the naughty list in my book.