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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 25282, member: 112&quot;]nesvt - </p><p><br /></p><p>As I said - when you see that light tan color surrounding the letters in the legends and other nooks and cranies of the devices - and yet the surface of the fields is a natural dark grey silver tone - that usually indicates an old cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very good rule of thumb and it is seldom wrong. There are many other tip offs - but it takes a practiced eye to recognize most of them. I one I suggested above does not. </p><p><br /></p><p>A dipped coin - or I should say an overdipped coin - will appear flat and lifeless - it will have little or no luster. But a coin that has been dipped but once (sometimes even twice) and dipped properly - even an expert cannot tell.</p><p><br /></p><p>A whizzed coin will typically have fine lines in the surface of the coins - typically all aligned in the same direction. When a coin has been whizzed - metal has been moved or removed from the surface of the coin. The best way to recognize it is to examine a whizzed coin side by side with one that has not been whizzed. Once you have seen it - it&#039;s hard to miss.</p><p><br /></p><p>Polished coins will almost always have bright shiny high points and dull or dirty low points. For you cannot get down into the crevices of the devices &amp; legends with a polishing cloth or jeweler&#039;s wheel. These are among the easiest to recognize.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for re-toning - look at the coins you posted. They are excellent examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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