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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stephan77, post: 2225702, member: 74244&quot;]&#039;The mark appears to be on the coin, but that&#039;s ok.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Nope, to me it&#039;s not ok on a modern proof coin graded 67. In my opinion a mark such as this could have been on the planchet, in which case the planchet should have been rejected by the mint. Likely if it&#039;s on there, it happened from careless handling, perhaps from a scissors cutting open the mint wrapped plastic, which in my view should at that point no way receive a 67 grade. Technically at that point it&#039;s really not even an uncirculated coin any longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;There is absolutely no way to tell if the coin has been dipped based on those pictures.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going by the fact that it is in an old green holder, and if it was dipped back then, I think that the coin would have been discolored in various ways by now associated with dipping. The toning looks undipped and natural to me as a 1954 silver coin should be if stored properly. The year 1954 proof coins are notorious for discoloration because of the type of plastic the mint used. However I&#039;m not sure at what point in time the discoloration from the plastic began to take place. I think it&#039;s possible with this coin, it was taken out of the mint plastic early, placed in a quality 2x2 holder, and then finally slabbed years ago - that&#039;s what I&#039;m hopeful about anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Conservation is (almost) always acceptable, cleaning is (usually) not.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as cleaning and dipping, let&#039;s tell it like it is...almost all of the time it&#039;s done for profit, and that&#039;s okay, but let&#039;s not pretend with most coin cleaning and dipping that conservation is the motivation. The coins that I plan on keeping, until death do us part, I would never clean or dip them.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The lighting may have exaggerated the mark. With just the wrong lighting, a very tiny tickmark may look like a glaring gash.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you&#039;re right, and if that&#039;s the case, maybe I can get past my usual coin collecting criteria, accept the tiny mark and enjoy the coin - I&#039;m just not sure at this point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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