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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2641365, member: 112&quot;]As stated, the OP&#039;s coin in this thread was not whizzed, but yes it was harshly cleaned. The heavy lines you see on the rev are adjustment marks.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, that coin wasn&#039;t whizzed either, but it was buffed, which is kind of like polishing but a bit different in the surface characteristics it creates. And just because NGC labled it as whizzed - that doesn&#039;t mean anything either - except this, in today&#039;s world whizzed has become a generic term that is used, incorrectly, to label a multitude of sins. </p><p><br /></p><p>A coin that has truly been whizzed has a very distinctive and unique look. It is a look that is designed to create a false luster that fools a good many people into thinking it is genuine mint luster. And a whizzed coin has a couple of simple, and easily recognizable diagnostics. 1 - only the fields are whizzed. And 2 - there is metal pushed up to the edges of the devices, legends, and numerals showing as fine lines showing as a &quot;lip&quot; created by the high speed wire wheel used to whiz the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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