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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1873343, member: 112&quot;]I say the opposite is true actually because many, if not not most circulated coins don&#039;t have any luster at all. I&#039;m not gonna say it&#039;s unheard of, but most coins under XF don&#039;t have any luster. And those XF will rarely have half of their luster, and those AU half to most of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I guess in a way it depends on how you define damaged. An MS coin can be dipped properly and nobody can ever tell that it was dipped - except by using deductive reasoning. A circulated coin though, if you dip it, just about anybody will immediately know it was dipped. But is that damage, or not ? </p><p><br /></p><p>I ask that because many circ coins can be and are found toned almost completely black. And if they are, then they have either already been damaged by the terminal toning, or soon will be damaged by the terminal toning. So is it damage to dip and remove that terminal or nearly terminal toning ? I&#039;d have to say no it is not. Others will disagree of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>But don&#039;t get me wrong here, MS coins can most definitely be easily damaged by improper dipping. MS coins are quite fragile. But if they are dipped properly then no, they won&#039;t be harmed. And often they will even be improved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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