whizzing: The severe polishing of a coin in an attempt to improve its appearance and salability to the uninformed. A form of alteration regarded as misleading by the numismatic community, and which actually lowers the value of the coin.
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.
whizzing: the application of a high-speed rotating brush to the surface of a coin with the intent to create an artificial luster.
whizzing Term to describe the process of mechanically moving the metal of a lightly circulated coin to simulate luster. Usually accomplished by using a wire brush attachment on a high-speed drill.
whizzing: Creating artificial luster on a coin by brushing a coin with a motorized cleaning device. This lowers the value of the coin since ht ecoin is physically damaged by the process.
Whizzing - The process of attempting to add luster to a coin by polishing the coin with a buffing wheel.
Working Hub - Also called a hub. The working hub is made from a master die and is used to make working dies.
Whizzing
This is the process of trying to make a coin appear to be a higher grade by polishing it.
Working Hub
This is also called a hub. It ismade from a master die and is used to make working dies.
whizzing
Alteration by mechanical polishing to produce a shiny surface.
world coins
A collection of coins issued by various nations.
Whizzing - The alteration of a coin's appearance by use of a rotating bristled (wire or other material) brush to move or remove metal from the surface.
whizzing
The process of mechanically moving the metal of a coin to simulate luster.
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WHIZZING
Any process such as buffing, burnishing, polishing, acid treatment, and/or wire brushing, by which any metal is moved or removed on the surface of a coin, medal, or token to make it look better than it actually is.
Whizzing - Giving a coin a false surface fraudulently simulating mint bloom, generally by wire brush or the like.
Year Set - A coin of each demonination issued in a year. Example: Cent, Nickel, Dime, Quarter and Half Dollar all 1990.
Whizzing
The process of altering of a coin's appearance by using a rotating wire brush to move or remove metal from the surface. The goal of whizzing is to give a coin the artificial appearance of being better grade than it actually is.
- Whizzing - The artificial treatment of a coin by wire brushing, acid dipping, or otherwise removing metal from the coin's surface to give it the artificial appearance of being in a higher grade. Whizzing is an alteration, not a grade or condition.
Whizzed / Whizzing
This is a harsh cleaning technique that uses a wire brush in order to simulate mint luster. This technique was used in the 60’s and 70’s to fool the uneducated buyer.
Often whizzing is done on a high grade coin to try to sell the coin at a higher grade than it really is. Sometimes done by using a fine brush attachment on a high speed drill.
Whizzing, use of a high speed buffing attachment on a drill followed by altered toning (or dipping, acetone bath, etc.) proves vexing to a number of graders as these two treatments by themselves are sometimes difficult to detect and when used in ...
Other methods might be whizzing (tooling down the fields of a coin to remove bag marks and restore lustre), filling holes and bag marks with metal or putty, filing and down and filling edge bumps, ...
In our experience, coins which have had their surfaces altered either by harsh cleaning; improper or excessive dipping; artificial toning; whizzing; damaged or defaced; ...
3. What is the term for the severe polishing of a coin designed to artificially "improve" its grade?
Answer Whizzing
4. What is a wampum?
Answer Beads made from clam, conch or similar shells used as money by North American Indians ...
requirements for condition and/or price water mark A design put into paper at the manufacuring stage by pressing it while wet between rollers bearing the design wear Metal lost during handling and contact with other objects whizzing ...
Problems such as harsh cleaning, heavy scratches, whizzing, rim or other surface damage can lower substantially the value of a coin, even though technically it is in a grade which may carry a much higher value.
[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.
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