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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 359636, member: 9474&quot;]Andy -</p><p>Funny you mention that. I practiced first on a bunch of Kennedy&#039;s that I found while roll serching. These appeared to be well circulated halves that were quite tarnished. I had found a 69S - proof and a 70D while roll searching. You can tell that someone tried to artificially tone these coins and no matter how long I dipped them, they were well passed ruined. Next I turned to several 64&#039;s that could very well passed for UNC and some 40% ones too. With no more than 10seconds dip time all of them turned out gorgeous. Cartwheels spun around these halves just like they did when they left the mint over 40 yrs ago. I ended up putting aside 3 64&#039;s and a 1967 that could be considered UNCs. Many of the others could pass for AUs. Good luck. I don&#039;t think I would ever dip a coin pre 1940 too much at risk. I definitely can see a benefit to dipping, when I never would have done so in the past - but I plan on not making a habit out of this. If I continue to look for BU coins, dipping should never be part of equation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PS - I don&#039;t have a camera, but plan on buying one soon.&nbsp; I want to show everyone the 45S nickel that I did.&nbsp; I never knew nickels could be so gorgeous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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