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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coppermania, post: 887566, member: 18304&quot;]I would prefer my coins to not be dipped and don&#039;t engage in the process. I like old things and have always been drawn to antiques. To me coins are small antiques that don&#039;t fill up my house like old furniture or knickknacks. I have been tought to see older items for what they are and to never meddle with them. A person would be wise to stay away from chipped and repaired glass, refinished wood, and tricked up coins. It takes years to develope an antique finish on wood that is created by cooking grease, cig smoke and hand oils etc. and if that was removed and replaced you would only have wood. Same goes for coins, once a patina is dipped off, all you have is silver/copper. I personaly prefer a brown copper coin to one that has been recolored ( I still dont know how or why this is done, but it is an unacceptable strange orange color)and gravitate towards toned silver even if it is black and mottled helping me feel it was dipped one less time. If a coin has corrosion or some weird spot, I pass. Take a stroll down any major bourse floor and you&#039;ll quickly see there are thousands of coins to buy that don&#039;t need conservation. Many more than any one man can own. JMO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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