Before and After

If you ever read the CU board, those dealers are always bragging about cracking out, dipping, and getting upgrades.
I don't have a clue as to the percentage of "Blast White" silver coins that have undergone that process, but I would imagine it's quite large.

 

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That's exactly right.

 

Great experiment DJCoins!! Now that we know what dipping a clad quarter looks like just wait until I whizz the P!ss out of an 1893-s Morgan. lol

 

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It is a great way to learn I agree 100%. Now I have an experiment for you DJ, try some fake toning on your junk silver halfs and let us know how you do.

See ebay member cowboyup or something like that, he is as big a joke as SGS, everything in his store is RAINBOW XF with target/roll toning on 1 side and bag crescent toning on the other, LOL. He still sells a ton of that junk, unbelievable !!!!!!:kewl:

 

Hello,

As per my Introduction a few days ago on this board. I admitted that when I was a newbie I did clean some coins to learn what they looked like. I used E-Zest as a dip. I was actually poisoned by the thiourea in it. It effected my left eye. My opthamologist deduced after many tests that thiourea was most likely the cause of what happened. It caused my retinal tissue to swell up. It manifested itself as what appeard to my vision as a huge grey blur in the center of my vision. It took almost 3 months for the swelling to dissipate. DO NOT touch smell or otherwise ingest that stuff. It WILL KILL YOU. No kidding... I got off easy I was told. Did not seem like it at the time. If that stuff gets on you wash it off immediately. Do not smell it and use only in a well ventilated environment.

 

Keep up the experiments!!! We do need to see what the coins look like after cleaning....

(This quarter does not look so good after cleaning...)



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I'm sorry to hear that happened to you...I hope you're doing better now. BTW I use it with the utmost caution. I use gloves and I do not smell it (purposefully). The stuff is pretty toxic. Acetone is even worse. One whiff of it and I nearly passed out the other day. I quickly removed myself from the intoxicated area to some fresh air. Whew. Fresh tastes beautiful!

 

PLEASE PLEASE DON"T DO IT indianhead!

 

Is this cleaning process also know as "whizzing"?

 

LOL....Dont worry, I have no intentions of ever doing that to even the most common coins.

 

No, whizzing is defined as - a coin that has been buffed or polished to give it the appearance of the luster found on a mint coin. Often whizzing is done on a high grade coin to try to sell the coin at a higher grade than it actually is. Sometimes done by using a fine wire brush attachment on a high speed drill. Whizzing will hurt the value of a coin rather than help it because it actually causes wear to the surface of the coin.

 

now take 25 cents and put it tin foil and bake it in the oven at 350 deg for awhile (few hours) it makes some cool tones!!!

 

Howdy,

I have to agree with cloudsweeper here. This is a great way to learn how to identify cleaned coins.

Actually doing some research and determining the most utilized cleaning agents and trying them on some junk coins would be a GREAT education.

peace,

rono

 

Howdy,

No whizzing is Abrasive Cleaning using a very fine wire wheel on a coin - say with a dremel tool. (similar to what some of us did to cents with a pencil eraser when we were young and stupid). It was apparently thought that the fine lines created would appear to be mint luster. This is not the case, and a whizzed coin is easy to spot.

Using a cleaner is called 'dipping'. Most dips are acids of some sort and actually take off a tiny layer of metal along with any tarnish. They also smooth out and dampen the natural flowlines caused by the minting process (that give you the mint luster). For this reason, many dipped coins, particularly if dipped too many times or for too long, look dull and lifeless.

However, dipping is VERY common with morgans, walkers, mercs, franklins, etc.

peace,

rono