Has this coin been dipped and retoned?

Kennewickman

It has attractive soft luster. It was bright white when I bought about 25 years ago.

FC57Coins

I think the toning would be splotchier and more pronounced if it had been dipped - it just looks like nice mellowing....


Bytheway - Barber's Liberty always looked like a man to me.

Scavenger

Beautiful coin - If you're concerned about the mild darkening from the last 25 years - dont be that's normal. An airtight holder is the only way to prevent that.

nankraut

I've alwqys thought that those brown splotches were an indication of dipping. Is it in a TPG holder?

dragon

Yes, it looks like it's been dipped at least once at some point in the past, especially if it was bright white when you aquired it.

BTW..........probably about 85-95% of all bright white Barber coins have been dipped to look that way, and many now have that washed out unnatural greyish look as a result. An ORIGINAL completely untoned and vibrant white Barber coin of any denomination is a very scarce item indeed.

Prethen

I've stated this figure..."about 85-95% of all bright white...were likely dipped at one time" to more than one dealer and they've all balked at it saying that I was exaggerating. I think it takes fairly well orchestrated circumstances for a coin (silver, copper, whatever) 100+ years old to be untoned! Okay, there are some chemists that peruse this board and they might refute. I think it's more of a fluke if it were to be "pure" white versus orchestrated (deliberately put in an environment where it will not tone). That said, I think dipped coins (not overdipped, like I've had a habit of obtaining ) are not necessarily a bad thing for the hobby. In some cases, it can be quite good.



<< <i>Yes, it looks like it's been dipped at least once at some point in the past, especially if it was bright white when you aquired it.

BTW..........probably about 85-95% of all bright white Barber coins have been dipped to look that way, and many now have that washed out unnatural greyish look as a result. An ORIGINAL completely untoned and vibrant white Barber coin of any denomination is a very scarce item indeed. >>

Kennewickman

Its a raw coin and it is grey but has soft cartwheel luster. If it was dipped it was a quick one.

Wally

Shamika

<< <i>I think it takes fairly well orchestrated circumstances for a coin (silver, copper, whatever) 100+ years old to be untoned! Okay, there are some chemists that peruse this board and they might refute. >>


I would whole heartedly agree that an untoned 100+ year old piece of silver is a freak of nature.

Edited to add: I like the coin even if it has, unfortunately, been dipped.

rhedden

That is a coin where the luster is intact, and it may have been dipped, but nobody will care, including PCGS & NGC.