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Dipping Modern Proofs (1950s)?

I'm looking at some of my proof sets and they have "grunge" on them. Specifically my 1953. It has like this gold colored dust on it. It's definately not toning.

It looks like someone spilled a fluid on them and let it dry. Is there a safe and non-major way to dip these coins to just get rid of this light film on the coin, without risking it getting bodybagged by PCGS?

Is a quick acetone dip the way to go? Will this be doctoring the coin?

CD
to live outside the law, you must be honest ---- bd

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  • I take it this is not an acceptible practice.
    to live outside the law, you must be honest ---- bd
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    if you haven't dipped any coins before this, you need to get some inexpensive ones to practice making mistakes on. just set aside the aforementioned "sets" along with any notion you might have of helping them. find some 1964 dimes/quarters/half-dollars that you can get at melt and practice on them.

    al h.image
  • I agree with keets.image





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  • I've got plenty of those lying around. I was planning on starting with those.

    But how do I do the actual dip?

    Just a few seconds in acetone?

    CD
    to live outside the law, you must be honest ---- bd
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    hey CD

    go into your profile and enable the PM function. send me a message and i'll respond with what works for me.

    al h.image

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