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I had responded earlier today to a thread that got poofed with my response to your reply about copper/nickel:
<< <i>jdhfla: I do know that JA will reject dipped copper/nickel - he rejected my 1864 IHC for just that. >>
I wish he would do the same for silver, I know it's accepted industry wide, but there is something that is just wrong to me about 100+ year old silver that is blast white. While most of the Proof Seated/ Barber coins that I have seen that are CAC'd and dipped certainly qualify for a sticker in that they are tier A and B+ coins for the grade, the fact of surface alteration still exists and I feel this is in conflict with CAC's overall mission of weeding out overgraded and messed with coins. I singled out the proofs in particular since I have seen more of these stickered that the business strikes, but thereis only so many times you can remove the haze on these things until the surface becomes impaired. I'm sure I'm viewed as beating a dead horse with this by some people and it (dipping) being a non-issue, but that's just my opinion of surface alteration, which is really what dipping is.
john
<< <i>jdhfla: I do know that JA will reject dipped copper/nickel - he rejected my 1864 IHC for just that. >>
I wish he would do the same for silver, I know it's accepted industry wide, but there is something that is just wrong to me about 100+ year old silver that is blast white. While most of the Proof Seated/ Barber coins that I have seen that are CAC'd and dipped certainly qualify for a sticker in that they are tier A and B+ coins for the grade, the fact of surface alteration still exists and I feel this is in conflict with CAC's overall mission of weeding out overgraded and messed with coins. I singled out the proofs in particular since I have seen more of these stickered that the business strikes, but thereis only so many times you can remove the haze on these things until the surface becomes impaired. I'm sure I'm viewed as beating a dead horse with this by some people and it (dipping) being a non-issue, but that's just my opinion of surface alteration, which is really what dipping is.
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In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I'm also in the do not dip nicely toned silver army. I suspect blast white fanatics aren't as many in number as what we think. Some of the 20th century blast white mentality dates back to old timers who ran things back in the mid 70's. Many of them are gone now.
but I still agree,
blast white is not for me.
I would not mind having a second sticker indicating that it was previously dipped.
<< <i>I agree but there always has to be a reasonable exception. I have a few mostly white coins.
I would not mind having a second sticker indicating that it was previously dipped. >>
Oooohh, this should bring some interesting comments from the no-sticker crowd. Maybe this second sticker would be silver or "blast white"!
All one would have to do is peel it off though and you'd be left with a sole green bean.
K S