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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 8287788, member: 103207&quot;]Here is a picture of my 1845 seated dollar graded AU 55 by NGC.&nbsp; Technically, this coin has been dipped sometime in the past.&nbsp; Dipping a coin is a type of cleaning but, because this was commonly done in the past and still is done today in most cases it gets a pass.&nbsp; Take a good look at my dollar.&nbsp; I&#039;m 95% sure it was dipped at least once in the past.&nbsp; However, it is still a really nice coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Technically it&#039;s a &quot;Details&quot; coin but not graded as such.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1464551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1464552[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The most ridicules term I see on a slab is SALTWATER AFFECT.&nbsp;&nbsp; Come on folks that coin sat on the bottom of the ocean for over 150 years and had to undergo a serious cleaning to get the crust off it.&nbsp; These coins are all pitted from saltwater corrosion.&nbsp; They are all white and the corrosion has eaten away at the coins details.&nbsp; If those coins weren&#039;t in a slab with a ship name on it plus being graded as &quot;Saltwater Affect&quot; no one would buy them.&nbsp; They put them in a fancy box with a story and amazingly now they can sell them for hundreds of dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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