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YQQYQQ Posts: 3,338 ✭✭✭✭✭

dipping it ????
just a dumb thought.
I have a raw 1932 Canada 50 cents all shiny and glitzy. It would make VF 30, but.......
unless it spent a long time in some pants pocket, hence being "naturally polished)...????, it is whizzed.
Thank you all
H

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 1, 2025 3:22PM

    Not at all. Physical damage can't be dipped away.

    Depending on the severity of the polishing or whizzing it might (?) be possible to wear the surfaces down past the damage by carrying it in your pocket for a sufficient time.

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 8,431 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    Not at all. Physical damage can't be dipped away.

    Depending on the severity of the polishing or wheezing it might (?) be possible to wear the surfaces down past the damage by carrying it in your pocket for a sufficient time.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 1, 2025 3:23PM

    @Morgan White said:

    @JBK said:
    Not at all. Physical damage can't be dipped away.

    Depending on the severity of the polishing or wheezing it might (?) be possible to wear the surfaces down past the damage by carrying it in your pocket for a sufficient time.

    Stupid spell check - i fixed it twice and it still went back. 😡

  • GreenstangGreenstang Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anything that you try to do would probably make it worse.
    Just leave it. Also could you provide a picture?

  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,338 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for your input
    Here are the images

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  • Early_Milled_Latin_America Early_Milled_Latin_America Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2, 2025 10:24AM

    Your coin has a lot of surface scratches. It looks harshly cleaned to me. I doubt it would straight grade numerical. ICCS since you are in Canada are strict graders as you probably already know.

    To bad since it is a semi-key date.

  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @YQQ said:
    dipping it ????
    just a dumb thought.
    I have a raw 1932 Canada 50 cents all shiny and glitzy. It would make VF 30, but.......
    unless it spent a long time in some pants pocket, hence being "naturally polished)...????, it is whizzed.
    Thank you all
    H

    Put it in a rock tumbler. My suggestion.

    God comes first in everything I do. I’m dedicated to serving Him with my whole life. Coin collecting is just a hobby—but even in that, I seek to honor Him. ✝️

  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,338 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ok, thank you all.
    it is silvery shiny and scratchy everywhere...
    However. it is still a 1932 50 cent coin.

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