burnishing: altering the surfaces of a coin to make it look better than it actually is. Burnishing is a bit more aggressive than polishing.
business strike: a coin struck for use in circulation.
burnishing: a process by which a planchet or coin are made to shine through rubbing or polishing ...
Burnishing - The process of polishing the blank planchets, usually reserved for proof coinage.
Burnishing
A minting process through which coinage surfaces are brightened.
Business strike
A coin made by mass production and intended to circulate as money. The majority of coins encountered in coin collections will be business strikes.
burnishing
Process of polishing or rubbing of a coin to create a shiny appearance.
burnishing lines ...
burnishing A process by which the surfaces of a planchet or a coin are made to shine through rubbing or polishing. This term is used in two contexts - one positive, one negative.
BURNISHING
A process of making smooth by rubbing with a tool.
BUSINESS STRIKE ...
Burnishing lines - Lines resulting from burnishing. Typically seen on open-collar Proofs and almost never observed on close-collar Proofs.
Business strike - A coin which was struck for use in general circulation.
Burnishing
A rubbing or polishing process whereby the surfaces of a blank or coin are made shiny. Burnishing must always be noted on a coin's description.
Buried ...
Sometimes burnishing is done with chemicals or by special polishing. Starting in 2006 the US Mint made Silver Eagle dollar coins (with the W mint mark) with special burnished coin blanks.
Whizzing In the early 1970s, a technique was developed among certain dealers of burnishing their coins on a wire brush wheel. This simulated mint luster to the ignorant.
Some light burnishing and friction visible in a small area near the left border on the reverse, an area which seems to have some light planchet irregularity. Possibly a spot was removed.
You can learn the meaning of such terms as burnishing, chasing, essai, moose, sweating and weenie.
Since the part is blanked in one operation, the finish edges of the part produces a uniform appearance as opposed to varying degrees of burnishing from multiple die cutting operations.
Flatness.
Planchet striations
Fine, incuse lines found on some Proof coins believed to be caused by polishing of the blanks prior to striking. Also see: Adjustment marks, Burnishing lines, Die striations, Roller marks ...
These are usually fine, parallel lines though on some coins they are swirling, still others with criss-cross lines. Planchet striations are burnishing lines not struck away by the minting process and are incuse on the coins.
" near the lower left corner and burnishing out the earlier identification. Today 33 of the 201 Stone facsimiles printed in 1823 are known to exist. Additionally, two 1823 strikes on paper, are known to exist..
[See Pigs, Clear, Sideways and Raw] Whizzing In the early 1970s, a technique was developed among dishonest dealers of burnishing their coins on a wire brush wheel. This simulated mint luster to the ignorant.
 See also: Copper, Coin, Half, Dollar, Struck
  
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