PCGS restoration. Yuck.

I have had 3 or 4 DMPL's run through PCGS restoration. All came back great. I might suggest the OP resubmit the coin also. They don't do a regrade with restoration.

 

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I was looking for some disagreement here.

Try this at home: Take an ugly toned coin. Hold it between your finger and thumb. Dip a Q-tip in dip and apply it to one side of the coin. While still holding the coin hold it under running water. You have just dipped one side. I'm not bothering to write about neutralizing, drying, dilutions, etc. as IMO, if you believe you cannot properly conserve one side of a coin you probably should leave it alone OR learn how to do it properly.

 

I'm not bothering to write about neutralizing, drying, dilutions, etc. as IMO, if you believe you cannot properly conserve one side of a coin you probably should leave it alone OR learn how to do it properly. [/QUOTE]

Anything you want to share on the subject, Insider, go ahead, I'll read it with interest.

 

Anything you want to share on the subject, Insider, go ahead, I'll read it with interest.[/QUOTE]

Not being a smarty here, conservation class takes hours! Nevertheless, there is some correct info on how to properly dip a coin on the Internet. You just work on one side or one tiny spot. I've even posted info on CT a few times. I don't recall the threads.

I just did a one spot conservation on the chin of a MS-66 Morgan yesterday. One of those coins in a 2x2 with a tiny hole in the plastic. Next time I'll post photos but that is no big deal because PHOTOS LIE. You need to see the before/after of the conserved coin's surface using a stereo microscope to be impressed....

 

You fooled with a 66 Morgan insider?! Better have been an early S mint!

And dipping 1 side is easy. I use an old empty ezest jar I cut in half horizontally and fill it with a millimeter or two splash of fresh ezest then, with a pair of medical clamp pliers (teeth have been covered with rubber cement) I simply place the coin in with the side I want dipped down for a second then lift and in same orientation keeping the dipped side down I pass it under the running faucet with my free hand under the coin just in case then drop it on a towel and grab it with my fingers by the rim and do a more thourpugh rinse. Its a very meticulous process compared to regular dipping but for those who say only 1 side can't be dipped they're wrong. I would never use that qtip method though

 

Along the lines of the Q-tip thing you can simply stretch out a cotton ball or cotton batting to the size you want and dip that into the dip and then press it to the coin like you would a Q-tip and then you can essentially do one side or remove a larger spot area.

 

IMHO...DON'T USE THIS METHOD . Don't DRIP the dip on either as suggested above. With both of these methods you'll have no control over where the dip goes.
What I will suggest is to try both methods posted here so you can prove this for yourself.