Hi all- I've read a lot of the philosophical debates about cleaning coins, including some of the 60-pager threads here! Trying to avoid the general debate. But what I'd like to know, does dipping a silver coin have any chance of removing those horrible milky water spots from otherwise decent mint strike coins? I've attached two pictures of particularly afflicted coins I have. Neither of these is much more than MS-61 or 62 at best in my (totally non-professional!) opinion, but the eye appeal of them is really spoiled by the spots. Is it worth even experimenting with a coin or two to see if a silver dip helps or is the fact already established that there is no solving water spots? (the first pic is the reverse of a 1954-D Benjy) Thanks for any advice! -Richard
Yes, the spots can sometimes be removed by dipping the coin. But, sometimes when you do that you can still see where the spots used to be. And you never know in advance which one of those is going to happen. Also, you never know if the coin in question has been dipped before, so if you dip it again you might just end up with a washed out, over-dipped coin rendering it worse than it was to start with. Honestly, the best choice in my opinion is to just sell the coin and buy another that pleases you.
