Interesting thread on coin cleaning/dipping !

airedale

Interesting thread on cleaning/dipping click here

Shamika

I generally don't approve of dipping not because it doesn't in some instances improve a coin, but it encourages uneducated and inexperienced "dippers" to mess with coins that shouldn't be dipped in the first place. Also, an inexperienced dipper can often damage a coin and the damage can't be undone.

mheffner2

I appreciate that you say that Shamika. I am undereducated on dipping, though I have some modern commems that need it, BAD. If I went off on my own to try it without the guidance.. well then they'd really be modern crap.

ricko

Danger lurks in experimentation... be sure to use non-value coins while learning. Cheers, RickO

jessewvu

I think I will give dipping a try on all of my coins What is acetone again

But seriously, If I can "bring back" some undesirable coins, this sure looks like a great method.

seatedcoins

Interesting read. I actually like the before picture. I like the soft subtle tone. If the coin was a 2007 or 2006 I might, just might, approve of the change. But the age of this coin shines through its toning.

coinkid855

Cool. I never had a second thread posted about a coin that I own =p

Munkey

I cant believe the difference the dip made. I also agree though, that is bad practice to clean then try and sell it to someone. Its like going out on a date only to find out that nothing on your date is real: fake blond, fake nails, fake Boobs...the list goes on.

airedale

<< <i>I cant believe the difference the dip made. I also agree though, that is bad practice to clean then try and sell it to someone. Its like going out on a date only to find out that nothing on your date is real: fake blond, fake nails, fake Boobs...the list goes on. >>



Almost off topic but the task of finding out on the date could be fun .

coinkid855

It's not like I go around dipping every coin I find to sell it off. I have never dipped a coin in my life, and this is the only coin I have ever had dipped for me...I think dipping needs to be taken on a case-by-case basis, and this was a case in which the dip helped the coin exponentially.

Shamika

<< <i>It's not like I go around dipping every coin I find to sell it off. I have never dipped a coin in my life, and this is the only coin I have ever had dipped for me...I think dipping needs to be taken on a case-by-case basis, and this was a case in which the dip helped the coin exponentially. >>

I would agree. However, it's a very slippery slope for many people.

airedale

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<< <i>It's not like I go around dipping every coin I find to sell it off. I have never dipped a coin in my life, and this is the only coin I have ever had dipped for me...I think dipping needs to be taken on a case-by-case basis, and this was a case in which the dip helped the coin exponentially. >>

I would agree. However, it's a very slippery slope for many people. >>



As mentioned later in the attached thread this is a common practice of PCGS?

Later in the thread click here.

coinkid855

It's not a slippery slope for me....I don't have any of the chemicals nor have I even tried it before....lol


But, if I found another set with a coin like this I would do exactly the same thing. That coin needed to be dipped.

airedale

As mentioned later in the attached thread this is a common practice of PCGS?

Later in the thread click here. >>



No one to comment on this statement?

" There is something that you apparently don't realize. Often, when PCGS receives a coin such as the one in this thread (and I mean the undipped example), PCGS will dip the coin themselves - and then grade it. And no, they won't bother asking the owner for his permission to dip the coin - they just go ahead and do it. "

AskRaq

<< <i>I cant believe the difference the dip made. I also agree though, that is bad practice to clean then try and sell it to someone. Its like going out on a date only to find out that nothing on your date is real: fake blond, fake nails, fake Boobs...the list goes on. >>



But then again.... some people prefer this.

grip

<< <i>I cant believe the difference the dip made. I also agree though, that is bad practice to clean then try and sell it to someone. Its like going out on a date only to find out that nothing on your date is real: fake blond, fake nails, fake Boobs...the list goes on. >>


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Was this before or after you diped her