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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4317399, member: 101855&quot;]There are two problems with that solution.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, many copper stains are more than skin deep. You can dip them today, but a few years from now, they might come back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, when you dip a gold coin to get rid of copper stain you don’t like, you may well remove the original toning that many collectors do like. Some gold collectors are absolutely fanatical about original color and will reject any coin that has the “white gold” look, which is a sign that it has been dipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example. It’s nice, tough Charlotte coin with a lot of “meat,” but some collectors will say, “It has no character.”</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097577[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1097578[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally I prefer to leave the copper stains and have an orignal coin, but I have not carved that opinion is stone as some have. I do own this 1842-C half eagle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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