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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1887176, member: 26302&quot;]Nice writeup. This is one of the harder areas of numismatics to teach people. My only input would be to emphasize that even if its blast white from dipping it can still grade. The key is luster. A coin straight from the mint can be dipped a couple of times in its life and still have enough luster to be acceptable if the person knows what they are doing. Anyone wanting to test this easily can on a silver round, in fact I encourage it if you ever desire to use dip, (sometimes necessary to preserve a coin). </p><p><br /></p><p>Morgandude and I have disagreed in the past on toned coins, but I think its more semantics. If we substitute original luster for toning then we agree. An original coin from the 19th century with original luster is a rare thing, and most of the time a very pretty thing. I agree those coins are worth premiums, but most of the time this premium gets associated with &quot;color&quot; than &quot;original luster&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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