YES or NO -- would you ever buy a dipped coin?

Higashiyama · February 10, 2003 10:31PM

My answer - YES.

Rotts · February 10, 2003 10:34PM

Maybe Yes Maybe No

dbldie55 · February 10, 2003 10:36PM

yes.

BiggAndyy · February 10, 2003 10:37PM

Yes, and I have even dipped a few of them myself.

toyonakataro · February 10, 2003 10:38PM

Recently,I try to stick with original coins, but I have to get along with dipped coins for some semi-key dates...and they are boring.
I thought you also prefer original coins.

nwcs · February 10, 2003 10:46PM

I've done it in the past before I knew better. Nowadays, I would avoid them if I could detect them.

shirohniichan · February 10, 2003 10:48PM

I prefer original coins, but since most "original" coins are those that have slightly retoned after dipping a few decades ago I don't mind buying dipped coins.

BillJones · February 10, 2003 10:49PM

If you collect coins that are over 50 years old and think that you have never purchased a dipped coin, you are either "poorly informed" (PC for ignorant or stupid) or very naïve. If we rejected every silver coin that has dipped there would be very few coins for us to collect.

Steve27 · February 10, 2003 10:55PM

Yes, but how would you even know if it was dipped?

Nysoto · February 10, 2003 11:00PM

Yes, if it does not have hairlines. As others have mentioned, you cannot always determine if the coin was previously dipped.

dorkkarl · February 10, 2003 11:04PM

yes!

surprise answer from crazy ol' dorkkarl? no, not at all. MANY coins i have sought, i have just not been able to find problem free. it's the point at which idealism confronts reality.

K S

DCAMFranklin · February 11, 2003 12:53AM

Great answer Karl.

Barry · February 11, 2003 12:57AM

yes

braddick · February 11, 2003 12:58AM

Heavens to Betsy- Where's IWOG when you need him?!

prooflike · February 11, 2003 1:09AM

Yes, and I have even dipped a few of them myself.

I think the dipping enhanced the appearance and would only dip if I think the dipping would enhance the appearance.

UncleJoe · February 11, 2003 1:23AM

NO!!! NEVER!!!

Did you ever see what dip does to circulated coins.

(I don't do MS)

Joe.

coinrookie · February 11, 2003 1:42AM

I think that Bill gave the best answer. I guarantee that even knowledgeable collectors have bought coins that were dipped even if they say they would never buy a dipped coin. Yes, I would buy a dipped coin and I am sure that I have a few. Not having decades of experience, I can`t tell atleast on the white coins I own. I would also be highly suspicious if someone said they could detect if a coin had been dipped and be 100% correct in all their exaaminations of numerous coins.

michael · February 11, 2003 1:45AM

yes yes yes both only proof coinjs for the mpst part

pre 1950 as they were made for collectors the highest forkm of the mintmasaters art

now wuith some caviats

if dipped silver then blast white and deep clear clean mirrors with exceptional eye appeal no haze coludiness and just like it was stuirck off the press yesterday

i do noty mind morgans dipped blast whiote either if the lustre and eye appeal is all there

in higher mintstarte grades

nowas for proof copper well i think if you dipit then it does not and will nevber look origianl so only fgor proof nickel and silver coins and goils coins are per the above

sincerely michae;l

mrfred · February 11, 2003 1:48AM

yes - it is a way to fill a difficult hole in a series but at lower cost, so long as the dipping is acknowledged and the seller has reduced the price because of the dipping

Steve27 · February 11, 2003 1:53AM

"so long as the dipping is acknowledged and the seller has reduced the price because of the dipping "

How about if dipping is acknowledged and the price is increased due to a good result?

Bulldog · February 11, 2003 2:05AM

YES, have done so in the past!

ponzi187 · February 11, 2003 5:53AM

Aren't all non-toned Morgans dipped?

I found a box of 60 circulated morgans in my grandfather's stuff from WWII and they are all almost black.

coppercoins · February 11, 2003 6:44AM

I would prefer to have a dipped coin, if the dipping was done properly. This is an overly re-hashed subject. The point to properly dipping a coin is first choosing the proper candidate for dipping. If it's not the right coin, it will be obvious. if it's the right coin to be dipped, and the dipping is done properly, there is no harm done to the coin and it looks much better.

paigowjohnny · February 11, 2003 7:00AM

I have in the past when not being smarter/better read....and I have the body bags to prove it.

If a coin is dipped such that it will still grade at the major grading services...I have no problem. It's those ones "on the fence" where just enough original luster has been lost that the coin might not make the grade....

I'm sick of people screwing with coins !!!

ccrdragon · February 11, 2003 7:11AM

If dipped properly, yes. If dipped to death - no freakin way!

greghansen · February 11, 2003 7:15AM

I'd buy 'em, I'd sell 'em, I'd dip 'em if they needed it. Would...have...and will again!

barberlover · February 11, 2003 7:53AM

I hate to say yes, but reluctantly i have because of the lack of the look i crave. If i see a coin with great eye appeal, but question the originality i will still consider buying the coin if i can't easily replace the coin with a better example. I've come to respect the opinion of other collectors who say they have a right to do with there coins what they want to [including dipping] but even if i'd be willing to buy a dipped coin, i will pay better money for an obvious original example with the same eye appeal.

Elcontador · February 11, 2003 8:08AM

Agree w Bill Jones. The only non-dipped blast white silver coins I have came right from GSA boxes into PCGS holders. I even bought a Capped Bust Dime in 4 that was dipped & retoned in attractive shades of cobalt and corn-stalk yellow-brown. I liked the coin because it had an interesting series of die cracks and had virtually no contact marks in grade-sensitive areas.

If you want to see a properly dipped coin, look at the Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale & go to lot 7815. It's a cherry, No Motto Seated Half with arrows.

pmh1nic · February 11, 2003 10:08AM

BillJones

"If you collect coins that are over 50 years old and think that you have never purchased a dipped coin, you are either "poorly informed" (PC for ignorant or stupid) or very naïve."

I'm neither. I don't buy blast white coins. Just about every coin I have is toned. Now there may be a couple of dipped/retoned in the mix but I won't KNOWINGLY buy a coin I feel has been dipped.

"If we rejected every silver coin that has dipped there would be very few coins for us to collect."

Wrong. You can collect whatever you want; dipped, ATed, whizzed, frosted or whatever. Your statement would be more accurate if you would have said "if we rejected every silver coin that was dipped there would be very few "ORIGINAL" coins for us to collect."

ursabear · February 11, 2003 10:48AM

Yes. No question...

Higashiyama · February 11, 2003 7:53PM

Don't the responses support Gilbert's point in the other YES or NO thread?

"Doctoring" certainly has a negative connotation, yet most people would at times (or often) by dipped coins. This suggests that most people either (a) don't mind problem coins or (b) don't view dipping as doctoring.

dorkkarl · February 11, 2003 8:04PM

or (c) do not realize that dipping damages a coin's surface.

K S

Twowood · February 11, 2003 8:05PM

If it can't be graded,I don't want it. Twowood! NO

YES or NO -- would you ever buy a dipped coin?

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