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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 974890, member: 15929"]At 8:00am this morning I put a 1974-S 40% Eisenhower Dollar in a jar of E-Z-Est.</p><p>At 8:00pm this evening, I took it out. Thats 43,200 seconds in the dip. The typical dip lasts perhaps 5 seconds tops which means that this 1974-S has been dipped a total of 8,640 times.</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-02W.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-04W.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> .. <img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-05W.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/?action=view¤t=1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-01-1.mp4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/?action=view¤t=1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-01-1.mp4" rel="nofollow">http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/?action=view¤t=1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-01-1.mp4</a></p><p> </p><p>Dipping an AU coin can produce disastrous results along the same lines as dipping copper. It's just not something you do and the best advice I have is if you are in doubt, then do not dip. </p><p>However, dip has been used on literally millions of BU Morgans, Peace, Walking Liberty, Washington, Roosevelts and Kennedy's with absolutely no adverse affects as it's not so much the dip as it is an inexperienced individual choosing the wrong coin to dip. Dipping can be very bad but it can also be very good and will not always destroy a coin.</p><p>Draw your own conclusions from my photographs regarding dipping and I'm really sorry I screwed up my IKE after 8,640 dips![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 974890, member: 15929"]At 8:00am this morning I put a 1974-S 40% Eisenhower Dollar in a jar of E-Z-Est. At 8:00pm this evening, I took it out. Thats 43,200 seconds in the dip. The typical dip lasts perhaps 5 seconds tops which means that this 1974-S has been dipped a total of 8,640 times. [IMG]http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-02W.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-04W.jpg[/IMG] .. [IMG]http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-05W.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Misc/Dipping/?action=view¤t=1974-SIKEafter12HourSoak-01-1.mp4[/URL] Dipping an AU coin can produce disastrous results along the same lines as dipping copper. It's just not something you do and the best advice I have is if you are in doubt, then do not dip. However, dip has been used on literally millions of BU Morgans, Peace, Walking Liberty, Washington, Roosevelts and Kennedy's with absolutely no adverse affects as it's not so much the dip as it is an inexperienced individual choosing the wrong coin to dip. Dipping can be very bad but it can also be very good and will not always destroy a coin. Draw your own conclusions from my photographs regarding dipping and I'm really sorry I screwed up my IKE after 8,640 dips![/QUOTE]
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