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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2292560, member: 24314&quot;]I don&#039;t know how you guys find the time to post your long informative replies...perhaps I&#039;ll have something like this to do when I retire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a suggestion:&nbsp; I think new members such as myself would be even more well served if the experts would not &quot;dumb-down&quot; their replies with blanket statements that may become confusing such as &quot; dips are acid, remove a coin&#039;s surface (which they do change in some way), and damage every single coin.&quot;&nbsp; In conventional usage, dips are an acidic solution, remove oxidation, and MAY harm a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m reminded of a numismatist/chemist who insists that toning is oxidation that destroys a coin&#039;s original surface.&nbsp; That&#039;s a fact; yet I have a good laugh when I see all those beautiful, rainbow, RUINED coins sell for $$$$. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the past, I have ruined the eye appeal of a coin or three with a quick dip.&nbsp; Fortunately, with more experience about what the final result will look like - which coins to dip - that is less often the case.&nbsp; See the dealer&#039;s post above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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