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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2639415, member: 24314&quot;]SuperDave, posted: &quot;Plainly cleaned, but the term &quot;whizzing&quot; carries the connotation of high-speed mechanical polishing, <b><span style="color: #b30000">which leaves no hairlines behind</span></b>. Not just polished, but polished so hard it actually shifts metal. <b>That&#039;s</b> &quot;whizzing.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>While not as thin as what most of us consider a hairline, some forms of whizzing leave diagnostic &quot;lines&quot; behind.&nbsp; It&#039;s these &quot;lines&quot; that give most whizzed coins their &quot;special&quot; luster.&nbsp; Polishing is completely different from whizzing.&nbsp; Therefore, a whizzed coin is never said to be polished. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps it&#039;s better to say, &quot;whizzed so hard that it actually shifts metal.&quot;&nbsp; This movement of metal is the characteristic that separates whizzing from harsh cleaning. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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