okay yeah so... my bad! I didn’t inspect nearly close enough before purchasing. I got a little lazy and impatient with the browsing of other silver. What can I do now? Granted however, the imperfections ain’t horrible. I think my only option is to Dip this piece to clean it up. I don’t plan to ever sell it, passing the collection on to my kids when my time is due, but, just from curiosity’s sake... “Does dipping silver nullify it from being graded like cleaning does?” I don’t expect I’ll ever get it graded neither but, I don’t want it to be obvious that it’s been dipped. I wish one could use a q-tip or something of the like and just soak up fingerprints and or smudges off a coin. Wouldn’t it be nice if it could be blown off?!
I have stacks of circulated Canadian silver dimes, quarters and halfs to practice with as I’ve never dipped before.
White spots that tend to develop on .999 fine silver bullion coins. They are suspected to be the result of improperly rinsed planchets after the cleaning/burnishing process. The residue is actually struck into the surface. So for there has not been any method found to remove them without damaging the surface of the coin.
