Interesting very very interesting
soty27
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I thought I read a post on here not to long ago where all the dippers got together and bashed someone for basically saying dipping removed metal ?? I could be wrong but I thought for sure I read something like that here just a couple weeks ago. Well here is a nice little excerpt from a very good article.
"Typically, a coin will be much brighter after it is dipped, and some will thus conclude that the coin’s luster is not impaired. Luster is the way that the metal flow lines on a coin reflect light. When layers are stripped via dipping, the characteristics of the flow lines are changed. The coin may end up being brighter than it was before, or even brighter than it was the moment it was minted. Destruction still occurred, however, and metal was removed."
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"Typically, a coin will be much brighter after it is dipped, and some will thus conclude that the coin’s luster is not impaired. Luster is the way that the metal flow lines on a coin reflect light. When layers are stripped via dipping, the characteristics of the flow lines are changed. The coin may end up being brighter than it was before, or even brighter than it was the moment it was minted. Destruction still occurred, however, and metal was removed."
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The name is LEE!
Flame away for my lazy post.
Dipping would make that tarnished icon coin of yours look nice and new again, soty27.
Ray
<< <i>Everybody has an opinion friend. >>
Yes.
I want an opinion friend!
<< <i>Well sure, dipping removes a little metal, but so what.
Dipping would make that tarnished icon coin of yours look nice and new again, soty27.
Ray >>
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<< <i>Well sure, dipping removes a little metal, but so what.
Dipping would make that tarnished icon coin of yours look nice and new again, soty27.
Ray >>
Yes everyone has an opinion but often times opinions on this board seem to get confused with facts
I like hearing everyones opinion and I can always agree to disagree I just hate seeing the witch hunts that often appear on this board.
Maybe that is why so many collectors have dogs
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<< <i>I'm sure that dipping removes a layer of metal from the surface of a coin. I did a lot of experiments with crappy coins to get a feel for dipping. I'm also sure that on the right coins a dip performed well can be a good thing. >>
We're talking, literally, about layers of atoms, folks. You can remove several (probably hundreds, if not thousands or more) layers of atoms without affecting the basic structure of, for example, flow lines. However, it's certainly the case that if one dips a coin enough, eventually one removes enough metal to affect aspects like flow lines for sure. That's why a coin that's been heavily of repeatedly dipped exhibits that "lackluster"or "bleached out" appearance.
Because a dip performed correctly can be quite limited in effect, it can be, as the quote above stipulates, a "good thing."
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