Dipped Capped Bust Dime?

ajman

I recently purchased a raw 1835 CBD in xf/au condition. I want to know if there is a general rule of thumb to tell if a coin has been dipped. I apologize in advance for not posting any pics, I will attempt one very soon. I've done a search on this site and was not satisfied with any answers from any of the threads on this subject. If anyone could educate me I would appreciate it. One question, if a coin has been dipped, does it destroy the original mint luster? The coin I have is completely clean with no toning, but shows the somewhat cartwheel effects of original mint luster. Thank you for your replies.

halfhunter

If the coin is EF/AU and completely tone free, you can be sure that it has been dipped, probably recently.
Most any non-gold coin that is 170+ years old and has no toning has probably been dipped JMO.

Regards, John

mirabela

Light dipping will not necessarily do much of anything to luster. Where you run into problems is when someone repeatedly dips a coin, or dips it for a long time in full-strength to try and get rid of deeply set-in toning, and the coin comes up looking kind of dead gray/white without much flash.

I should add to the above -- while judicious dipping does not necessarily do any really lasting harm to a coin, and can help it in the case of a coin with truly unattractive toning, it seems like a majority of sophisticated collectors of older types such as the bust coins like their coins original, i.e. with the old skin of dirt, oxidation, and so forth.

Barndog

<< <i>I recently purchased a raw 1835 CBD in xf/au condition. I want to know if there is a general rule of thumb to tell if a coin has been dipped. I apologize in advance for not posting any pics, I will attempt one very soon. I've done a search on this site and was not satisfied with any answers from any of the threads on this subject. If anyone could educate me I would appreciate it. One question, if a coin has been dipped, does it destroy the original mint luster? The coin I have is completely clean with no toning, but shows the somewhat cartwheel effects of original mint luster. Thank you for your replies. >>



I'd say your search was quite incomplete as the effects of dipping on original mint luster have been explained many times.