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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3154893, member: 112"]In your opinion maybe, but not in mine. What I was trying to explain is that it's the entire point. A whizzed coin always has built up metal at the raised edges. If there is no built up metal at the raised edges then the coin has not been whizzed. It may have been polished, or buffed, but it was not whizzed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using softer heads on the tool creates an entirely different look to the coin and it does not simulate luster. All using a softer head does is to make the coin shiny - not lustrous. Your argument is like saying that to say there is a difference between shiny and lustrous is silly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it semantics to say there is a difference between shiny and lustrous ? I'm reasonably certain you'd never claim that was true !</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the coin that started all this, I was merely pointing out that it was not whizzed. Polished or buffed maybe, but not whizzed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3154893, member: 112"]In your opinion maybe, but not in mine. What I was trying to explain is that it's the entire point. A whizzed coin always has built up metal at the raised edges. If there is no built up metal at the raised edges then the coin has not been whizzed. It may have been polished, or buffed, but it was not whizzed. Using softer heads on the tool creates an entirely different look to the coin and it does not simulate luster. All using a softer head does is to make the coin shiny - not lustrous. Your argument is like saying that to say there is a difference between shiny and lustrous is silly. Is it semantics to say there is a difference between shiny and lustrous ? I'm reasonably certain you'd never claim that was true ! As for the coin that started all this, I was merely pointing out that it was not whizzed. Polished or buffed maybe, but not whizzed.[/QUOTE]
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