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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2670196, member: 24314&quot;]Whizzing is a specific term that was defined for all posterity in 1972 at ANACS.&nbsp; Previously to that, the ANA&#039;s written definition of Whizzing was &quot;<span style="color: #5900b3">CHEMICAL CLEANING</span>.&quot;<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; We all know now that was stupid!&nbsp; Realizing that fact, an ANACS authenticator wrote a new definition based on the one characteristic he saw <b><span style="color: #b30000">on all whizzed coins</span></b> that separated them from harsh cleaning or polishing. That characteristic is not on this coin so it is not whizzed.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Should you still disagree, let&#039;s discuss it further.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff00ff">EDIT:</span></b> Unfortunately, it seems from a quick Internet search just now that <span style="color: #b30000">this universal characteristic found on all whizzed coins is only mentioned in a few of the articles.</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Even the PCGS article has neglected to properly explain the full characteristics seen on a whizzed coin that are taught in every grading seminar I have been in and I hope (but doubt <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) all the professional working at the PCGS know. That may explain why there is so much confusion with mechanical alterations done to coins.&nbsp; All the &quot;Johnny-come-lately&quot; authorities who were not around during the infancy of professional authentication and grading in this country never learned many of the basics and were free to make up their own. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>No point in any more discussion.&nbsp; Just as the &quot;Johny-come-lately&quot; professionals have made AU coins magically become Mint State, they have muddied the waters about cleaning, buffing, polishing, and whizzing.&nbsp; That&#039;s too bad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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