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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2347418, member: 112&quot;]Based on your questions and comments I&#039;d have to say that it seems you have no understanding of what happens when you dip a coin, or the dipping process itself. But that is not unusual, there&#039;s lots of people who don&#039;t. And there are plenty of others who think they do, but are basing their opinions on bad information.</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all, there are several different commercial coin dips on the market. They are all different and of various strengths. But they are all also similar in that they all contain an acid, and it is the acid that does the work. And to make things even more complicated all of the coin dips can be used full strength or they can be diluted. And on what you dilute them with, and how much you dilute them, everything changes. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there is yet another variable that must be added into the equation, the coins themselves. And the coins can differ greatly ! And those difference greatly affect the outcome of the dipping process. For example, some coins can have a light but unattractive toning on them. Others may have a very heavy and thick toning on them, and others can be even worse, toned so badly that they are completely black. And even once you get to the black stage, there are yet different classifications of black. There is glossy black, semi-glossy black, and flat black. </p><p><br /></p><p>And last of all, there is the effect that the toning has already had on the coins before they coins ever get dipped to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the answers to your questions depend on all of the variables I have listed above. But I will try and answer your questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>An over-dipped coin can have as many different looks as there are coins to dip. There is no hard and fast rule, but what I said in my original comments are good, general statements. Over-dipped coins will look dull, flat, and lifeless - that means they have no luster, or very dang little.</p><p><br /></p><p>And properly dipped coin will look just like any other ordinary, freshly minted coin. The luster is all there, you cannot see that there is any missing. And if you were to put right beside a freshly minted coin you would see no difference between them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Are there pictures of over-dipped coins ? Yeah, sure, But I don&#039;t have any readily available to show you. Are there pictures of properly dipped coins ? Millions of them ! Like I said before 80% or more of all older coins have been dipped. SO every time you look at a picture of of an older coin, you&#039;re looking at a picture of a dipped coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do over-dipped coins look grainy or sandblasted ? Yeah some do, but not very many of them. Coins that look like that have been over-dipped they&#039;ve had some kind of acid poured on them by people who don&#039;t know what they are doing. Coins that have been over-dipped typically just look flat, dull, and lifeless - no grainy look, no pitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now as for the time frame, if you leave a coin in coin dip long enough, eventually the coin will dissolve away to nothing. But it would take a long time. When a coin is dipped correctly, being in the dip for 2 seconds is too long. You dip the coin in and take it out as fast as you can. Now that&#039;s with full strength dip, and even that is too long with some of them, E-Zest for example. A 1 second dip with that stuff will completely strip a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are Proof coins affected the same as MS coins by over-dipping ? Yes. But with Proofs it&#039;s even worse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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