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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2434706, member: 26302&quot;]Whizzed is easier than cleaning. Cleaning can run a whole gamut of topics. Whizzed is easy to detect if you know what to look for. Get a good magnifying glass. Where the devices meet the fields there should not be a build up of metal. Whizzing is taking tiny little brushes to the coin to imitate mint luster. A whizzed coin might look good at first, but under a loupe you will see tiny little scratches all going the same direction, and metal builds up where the elevation changes, like near devices. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning? Good gosh, too many topics to cover. Main thing is to look at a LOT of coins. Most of us here have seen millions, (literally). Learn to see what a coin of that age and metal should look like. That is the first part. 80 year old silver coins should not be as bright silver as the day they were struck. 80 year old copper will not be shiny red. THen there are marks, and all other topics. Try searching this site for &quot;cleaned&quot; and read a lot of the good stuff contributors here have written.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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