Define a “cleaned” coin

Depends how, that's a grey area

 

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Dipping doesn't leave visible holes in a coin

 

That would be one heck of a dip

 

I'd be interested to see proof of this....The staff of CAC, all very experienced graders and former senior staff at regular TPG's, scrutinize each and every coin they receive. Even a one second dip in the acid of dipping solution leaves microscopic holes in a coins surface. It removes true mint lustre.

Read the books and you will learn that experts advise cleaning a coin should never be done.

 

You honestly have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to dipping. Not trying to be a jerk but there's no other way to say it.

@Insider

PS I wasn't taking a shot at CAC at all. Point is dipping is an everyday part of coins and done right is not only fine but can be the right thing.

 

Genetically engineered dip to just attack certain spots I guess

 

I've yet to see you prove your claim!

I'm an avid reader and read almost all the respected authors opinions on the matter at hand...

I don't think you can get past my screen name.

Son, I've been collecting since you were in diapers.

I am a beginner at serious collecting and in conferring with others on the subject of coin collecting.​

 

I'm nobody's lulzcow. Seek fights elsewhere...I'm a steward of the peace that binds us humans together.

 

This has nothing to do with your SN and everything to do with false information you are posting about dipping destroying everything, saying dipping eats visible holes in a surface, and just generally wrong information about properly dipping things. The whole been collecting since I was in diapers thing is just childish and if true then you should be more educated about dipping by now

@GDJMSP, I know we disagree on a lot Doug but that we agree on dipping. Maybe he'll listen to you

 

I've never heard of dipping creating holes in a coin. Properly dipped coins will definitely straight grade. You won't be able to tell that it's been dipped.

And no, almost every brush you use will create hairlines on a coin. They may be small hairlines, but they will be there.

 

is that dipping does or dipping dots?

 

(1) So how old are you, check my profile if you want to know about me

(2) So, as a beginner, don't close your mind to learning.

 

Dip a coin but DON'T wipe JUST rinse and pat dry.

 

Don't dip things without a clue of what is going on. Most people should never dip, but done right it is fine

 

I haven't been able to figure out why people enjoy cleaning coins so much. Personally, I would prefer to be doing about a zillion other things. Cleaning the bathroom sounds like a better idea than cleaning the coins.

 

Whatever gets you through the night.

 

Cleaning the bathroom is usually morning work.

 

Here:

https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=260369&SearchTerms=1877,quarter

 

I know people who have collected coins for 40 years and have no idea how to grade a coin. How long you have been collecting does not measure your knowledge. What you have LEARNED during those years is what counts.

 

@GDJMSP, I know we disagree on a lot Doug but that we agree on dipping. Maybe he'll listen to you[/QUOTE]

I think I've made my point: I've said my peace about what I've read about dipping, and maybe the formulas in the EZ stuff changed, but it basically used to eat through the mint lustre and eat away the top layer of the coin, creating pits or holes as I have referred to them.

IN OTHER MATTERS

Baseball, totally sorry for that Diaper comment... it totally was uncalled for, even if you did disrespect me slightly. I felt somehow justified in retaliating at that moment ,& I owe u the same respect as any other member here no matter what you do or say, at least at the fellow human level.

*(Man when you read what you've posted after getting up in the morning...it can shock you!) I'm really not like that...I guess its due to my job...I never get to say things that I am thinking at a given time in the negotiations I oversee. I'll try to practice the virtue of tolerance in the future, until I at least know where the info I disagree with is coming from.

I guess I didn't realize that we were undergoing a paradigm shift in acceptance of dipping. I'd been reading and absorbing as much as I could when reading generalized collector guides, like, "The Coin Collectors Survival Guide", and every author I've come across says that dipping should not be done. Seems most people agree with baseball...maybe my info is old/outdated, like I'm getting to be. I'll have to check out where this new permissive attitude towards dipping is coming from, the people who sell it, collectors, or expert level numismatists.