How to not dip a coin.

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by Detecto92, Jan 7, 2012.

  1. Detecto92

    Detecto92 Well-Known Member

    Recently I purchased a Morgan dollar at an auction with what I thought was toning. Did not realize until I got home under a bright light, and with the help of this forum, that it was a result of bad dipping.

    I have used a home made silver dip before, you bring boiling water to a boil, add baking soda and salt, and with the item in a bowl with aluminum foil, pour the boiling mixture over the item.

    This usually does a good job of stripping tarnish from silver.

    However when I poured the silver cleaner on the peace dollar, it DID remove the bad dipping, but left an ugly brownish-pink color in splotches on it.

    I don't know what went wrong, another silver coin I had in with it turned out good. Only thing I can think of that the chemical used in the dip reacted with my homemade cleaner.
     
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  3. jcakcoin

    jcakcoin New Member

    Why don't you try to ask us for help before you do that?
     
  4. Detecto92

    Detecto92 Well-Known Member

    Well the peace dollar was only worth melt with the condition it was in. I was trying to bring it back to life without spending money on a coin dip. I have used this homemade cleaner before and have had excellent luck cleaning silver with it. I don't know what went wrong.
     
  5. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    I know what went wrong, you tried to clean the coin!
    And, not that there is a good method, but with the worst possible method.

    You have much to learn, grasshopper. MUCH!

    Lesson #1: Ask here before doing anything!
     
  6. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    You only think you had good luck with it before. You really didn't. Anybody that knows coins could look at a coin that was done to, and know it was done. And they would only have to look at the coin for about 2 seconds. Literally 2 seconds.
     
  7. KoinJester

    KoinJester Well-Known Member

    First it's a coin worth melt, then its a coin worth $75 then a coin worth $500.
    If you knew anything about cleaning coins the first rule is DON'T.
    Then if you have to look at rule number one. The method you used is just above using a wire brush.
     
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