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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3000340, member: 19165&quot;]Have you seen the coins in the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian?</p><p><br /></p><p>The goals of collectors have changed over the last couple of centuries. Today, the idea of &quot;originality&quot; is king. We want coins that haven&#039;t been tampered with. In yesteryear, they wanted coins that were bright and shiny - and so many of the coins in even the finest collections were cleaned to brighten them up. The mindset has changed over the last hundred years. That&#039;s why, when people like Doug claim that a very significant number of coins have been cleaned or dipped, I can absolutely believe him. The philosophy of collecting coins has changed - we are only observers of history.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do believe that there are a lot of coins which escaped molestation. But I&#039;m also realist enough to know that many coins didn&#039;t. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do, however, believe that the in-favor-of-dipping crowd overestimates the number of coins dipped.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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