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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1881038, member: 112&quot;]Sam - </p><p><br /></p><p>Properly dipping coins has been an accepted practice in the numismatic community for decades, generations even. And yes, it is still an accepted practice today. And no, it does not matter who does the dipping, nor can anyone ever tell who did the dipping. The only thing that matters is that it is done correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem that often arises is, as mentioned before, that it can very difficult for even the most knowledgeable to determine if a coin could benefit from being dipped or not. That is because you often cannot see what lies under the toning that you are trying to dip away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because of this dipping a coin, any coin, is always a craps shoot. You can dip the coin 100% correctly, send it in to be graded, and have it come back harshly cleaned, or altered surfaces. But it doesn&#039;t come back that way because it was dipped. It comes back that way because of what was done to the coin before the present toning covered it all up and or because the person who submitted the coin did not recognize the problem after they had dipped the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I can dip a coin today, or you can, or anybody else can, and as long as we dip it correctly, and as long as there are no underlying and preexisting problems, we can submit that coin and the TPGs will grade and slab it every time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The idea that the person who dips a coin makes a difference in whether or not the TPGs will grade and slab that coin is a myth. It simply is not true. It is very similar to the idea that coins submitted by certain people will get graded higher than if you, or some other individual, had been the one who submitted the coin - that&#039;s a myth too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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