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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 766905, member: 22004&quot;]<b>Coin &quot;cracking&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks for the topic. First, I think the idea and the word must be a surprize to many coin collectors.&nbsp; &quot;Crack&quot; does not have a favorable connotation. I also think of the book &quot;Cracking the Code&quot;--which questions the 16th Amendment, whose adherants the Revenue Agents refer to as &quot;crack heads&quot;.&nbsp; So maybe there is a better term, &quot;liberator&quot;, reminds me of the abolition movement.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of the first books I read on coin collecting was &quot;How to Make Money With Coins Right Now&quot;, by Scott Travers.&nbsp; He spoke a lot about &quot;upgrading&quot; coins that show a substantial upside in the next grade. I had some successes, one $4000 &quot;home run&quot; play on a coin. Also, when I was in a &quot;clueless&quot; mood, took a bunch of nice gold coins out of their holders, dipped them like an idiot, and coins that were formerly in MS60 plus holders, all came back AU58! The graders see recently dipped coins coming afar off, and will at best give you punitive grades. I also took coins out, without properly packaging them and had them pick up marks that caused them to lose a point or more.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Lastly, I would say that were you to pose a question that went a step or two further, asking about dipping of coins, or other enhancement it would remind me of a high school class I subbed for.&nbsp; The teacher left an assignment for me to hand out asking them whether they thought Cannabis should be legalized. I don&#039;t think any of the students answered in the affirmative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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