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On the description of a U.S. silver dollar, what does "burnished" mean?

If you check the definition of the word "burnish", it means to brighten by polishing. For the specific case of a coin, it's been made shiny by some mechanical form of polishing.

While burnishing may improve the appearance of a coin, the coin's surface is subject to damage in the process. The result is that its collector value is almost always reduced.

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