Should this coin be dipped

I don't know about that. Let me just tell you what I'd do and be done with it. If I were in your spot, and my name is Rusty, I'm preserving this namesake the way it is. I'm not going to hurt it with chemicals or "restore" it to the point where if I'm lucky it'll look good for some 25-50 years but then God knows what. And I agree with the guys who say who knows what evil lurks beneath that rust? I'd think in terms of arresting the process as opposed to cosmetic chemistry. I don't know how you'd do that, precisely, but that's the line I'd inquire along. FWIW...

 

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Well stopping the corrosion where it is should be easy , proper storage like putting it in a Intercept Shield 2X2 and storing in a low humidity enviroment .
rzage:smile

 

you remember what happened when i sent my coins to ncs ?

 

If I remember correctly they took your money and ran .
rzage

 

Woh! Really? Where is that thread to be found??

 

the coins that were sent to NCS were rare coins they were not just any coins but thats expecting a carpenter to be able to make a silk purse.

 

Just thought of this (duh?), what does the reverse look like?

 

couldnt they have dipped them and at least got rid of the black soot the coin looks totally ugly because of that at least 4 coins would have benefited in appearance .

 

some of the rarest coins in ncs holders looking like zombies i will be the laughing stock when my book gets published. you havent seen 457.12 yet or 450.12 i cant remember that will give even you a heartburn think of it as the rarest morgan (not price wise) and if they cant take out the stains from my 2 annas ill really be upset also to check their real capabiltiy i threw in a curve ball ( a good coin with no problems but lets see what comes out of it)

 

Was going through rolls of IKEs for a friend who wanted some and found this wonderful coin :whistle: Think I should "dip" it , or just sell it on ebay for $$

Jim

 

I somewhat agree! In that, I mean that I would run the coin through the liquid Silver Cleaner (Gray tub with wash basket inside) sold at WalMart's Jewelry Department instead of using the dip sold by Coin Dealers and Coin Suppliers for dipping coins. The reason is because the Silver Cleaner from WalMart doesn't normally leave that overdipped look to a coin unless you clean a coin numerous times with it or leave the coin in the solution too long. In the case of the 1914 Barber Dime, it is hideous and I would much rather have a coin that looked like it was dipped than one that looked as if someone crapped on it! I am not condoning cleaning every Silver coin that you have with the Silver Cleaner! However, there are many coins of which some kind of cleaning is warranted and if that cleaning can do no worse to the appearance of the coin than what the enviroment in which it was stored has already done, then why not clean the coin??!!


Frank

 

That looks like a MS-70 candidate for SGS. :whistle:

Ribbit

 

If that coin was dipped it would be washed out, uglier, and non-gradeable as problem free IMO.

 

Are you sure that is possible? :goofer:

 

It is and probably always will be an ugly coin .
rzage

 

I have seen many an ugly coin beautified by conservation (i.e. dipping) and I think that one would qualify, hands down. No matter what is under it, it couldn't be worse than it already is imo.