Has this coin been dipped and retoned?

Kennewickman · February 25, 2005 4:24AM

It has attractive soft luster. It was bright white when I bought about 25 years ago.

FC57Coins · February 25, 2005 4:29AM

I think the toning would be splotchier and more pronounced if it had been dipped - it just looks like nice mellowing....

Bytheway - Barber's Liberty always looked like a man to me.

Scavenger · February 25, 2005 4:32AM

Beautiful coin - If you're concerned about the mild darkening from the last 25 years - dont be that's normal. An airtight holder is the only way to prevent that.

nankraut · February 25, 2005 5:28AM

I've alwqys thought that those brown splotches were an indication of dipping. Is it in a TPG holder?

dragon · February 25, 2005 5:43AM

Yes, it looks like it's been dipped at least once at some point in the past, especially if it was bright white when you aquired it.

BTW..........probably about 85-95% of all bright white Barber coins have been dipped to look that way, and many now have that washed out unnatural greyish look as a result. An ORIGINAL completely untoned and vibrant white Barber coin of any denomination is a very scarce item indeed.

Prethen · February 25, 2005 6:08AM

I've stated this figure..."about 85-95% of all bright white...were likely dipped at one time" to more than one dealer and they've all balked at it saying that I was exaggerating. I think it takes fairly well orchestrated circumstances for a coin (silver, copper, whatever) 100+ years old to be untoned! Okay, there are some chemists that peruse this board and they might refute. I think it's more of a fluke if it were to be "pure" white versus orchestrated (deliberately put in an environment where it will not tone). That said, I think dipped coins (not overdipped, like I've had a habit of obtaining

) are not necessarily a bad thing for the hobby. In some cases, it can be quite good.

<< <i>Yes, it looks like it's been dipped at least once at some point in the past, especially if it was bright white when you aquired it.

BTW..........probably about 85-95% of all bright white Barber coins have been dipped to look that way, and many now have that washed out unnatural greyish look as a result. An ORIGINAL completely untoned and vibrant white Barber coin of any denomination is a very scarce item indeed. >>

Kennewickman · February 25, 2005 6:09AM

Its a raw coin and it is grey but has soft cartwheel luster. If it was dipped it was a quick one.

Wally

Shamika · February 25, 2005 7:39AM

<< <i>I think it takes fairly well orchestrated circumstances for a coin (silver, copper, whatever) 100+ years old to be untoned! Okay, there are some chemists that peruse this board and they might refute. >>

I would whole heartedly agree that an untoned 100+ year old piece of silver is a freak of nature.

Edited to add: I like the coin even if it has, unfortunately, been dipped.

rhedden · February 25, 2005 7:43AM

That is a coin where the luster is intact, and it may have been dipped, but nobody will care, including PCGS & NGC.

Has this coin been dipped and retoned?

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