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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mynamespat, post: 3011450, member: 83738&quot;]I&#039;m suspicious of any Columbian expo commemorative that shiny and <i>white</i>.&nbsp; These coins tended to age into a darker patina. </p><p><br /></p><p>I cropped a couple images and placed arrows pointing to locations which show tell-tale signs of whizzing.&nbsp; I suspect both scratches are tool marks.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]746895[/ATTACH] </p><p>The halo around the brow is evidence of altered surfaces.&nbsp; Often these halos are seen on whizzed coins after the doctorer attempts to remove built-up metal that has been pushed around the devices.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]746896[/ATTACH] </p><p>The yellow arrows point to places where manipulated metal has built up around the devices, <i>especially obvious on the &#039;1</i>&#039;. </p><p>The area inside the red blob shows one place where the whizzing is most evident.&nbsp; Flow lines don&#039;t look like the stripes on the US flag.&nbsp; They are caused by metal moving fluidly.&nbsp; They move like water across a car&#039;s windshield while driving down the highway.&nbsp; They are always looking for the path of least resistance:&nbsp; they split apart, they join together, sometimes they run out of flow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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