What percentage of the coins that you've dipped, did you regret dipping in the first place?

SethChandler

Any clue?

cdan12

I have only dipped modern crap, no regrets

Russ

Zero percent.

Russ, NCNE

MrEureka

20%

ziggy29

Undefined -- the denominator is zero.

morgannut2

The only coin I really regret dipping is a golden toned (2"x2") 1878S that came from a directly from a Mint bag in early 1960's. PCGS returned it "questionable color" and I thought (correstly) it was a MS-66. So I dipped it to get it through PCGS, even though now I'd rather have it raw the way it was.

nwcs

I have dipped about 30 coins. Most were tests to see and learn what dipping looks like. The rest to fix issues. I regret none of them.

mgoodm3

I haven't dipped any.

RGL

I have regretted dipping only 2-3 percent of the coins I have cared for ... (mostly modern proofs)

tsacch

Never really dipped any per say in acidic dip, but I did one in MS70 and i regret it now....so one coin out of thousands owned is pretty good.

Coin before dip

Coin after MS70 dip/swabbing

lordmarcovan

Maybe 30% or so.

jdsinva

I've dipped only two coins and don't regret doing either one. One was a Morgan that was developing some of that nasty black toning, which the dip took care of. The second was out of an ACG slab that had that trademark sickly, smokey brown tone(?) that was typical of many of their slabbed coins a while back. The ACG slab said MS60 but once the substance was removed, it was plain to see it was an AU coin with a few scuffs. Fortunately, I only paid AU price for the coin.

Jeff

AuldFartte

Zero so far

Fairlaneman

sickly smoky brown tone. Sort of like this one that was in a NGC slab ?



and then two seconds later the AT tone went poof.



The answer for the question is two coins out of probably one hundred thru the last twenty years.

Ken

kryptonitecomics

<< <i>I haven't dipped any. >>



None here either

Elcontador

Haven't dipped any myself, but I've had two coins dipped for me, and am happy re both of them.

The first was a BU 36 S Walker I bought at auction in the 60s that had a layer of some sort of yellowish sulfur compound on its surfaces. I could tell that the coin's luster was superior underneath the crud, so it was dipped & now in an MS 66 holder.

The second was a butt-ugly 42 S Merc. that was Unc., which I found in change in the 60s & put away. Again, it was dipped and the layer of crud vanished. It's a low end Unc., as its luster is not superior.

My point can't be emphasized enough. A dip may help to remove stuff which is sitting on the surface of the coin. OTOH, you will probably damage the coin if you are trying to remove something which is PART of the coin's surface.

WaterSport

Nada!

WS

Fairlaneman

<< <i>My point can't be emphasized enough. A dip may help to remove stuff which is sitting on the surface of the coin. OTOH, you will probably damage the coin if you are trying to remove something which is PART of the coin's surface. >>



Very, very sound advice that should be remembered by anyone that has the thought of dipping a coin.

Ken

Shamika

Refuse to do it!

3hree

thanks tsacch for your clear sample, you raise dipping questions, but rather than digress i'll first research previous discussions and probably start a new thread. thanks, all!