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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1664718, member: 36248&quot;]I assumed some of those old and still red cents were maybe the inner coins on an original roll. But I do not collect copper (yet), and have never opened or read much about copper rolls. But I would hypothesize that an untouched original roll from say 1909 may preserve some of that original red on the middle 50% of roll, along with other accidents of history that preserved coins. Is that idiotic of me? (I&#039;m asking, as I really don&#039;t know if paper rolls slow down the chemical reaction with air.)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, if I were to get into collecting Lincoln cents, are you saying 99% of RD graded coins have been dipped? I guess even if you say that have been, as long as they are not harshly cleaned, I would be fine with that. I mean, even if I kept myself to only RB or brown coins, that wouldn&#039;t necessarily imply a coin has not been dipped. For all any of us know, they just toned again.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been checking out this site lately <a href="http://indiancent.com/39-lincoln-cents" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://indiancent.com/39-lincoln-cents" rel="nofollow">http://indiancent.com/39-lincoln-cents</a>. I&#039;ve been looking for an affordable RED that I like, and he has a lot. If those coins have been dipped at some point, and PCGS/NGC were fine with it, and additionally CAC was fine with it, and I liked the detailed images of a particular coin, I <u>would</u> be comfortable buying it. Even knowing that you are basically telling me 100 year old coins that are RED basically imply they MUST have been cleaned at one point, I would still be comfortable. That is what I meant by market-acceptable, I guess. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t want the OP to go away thinking that a coin pegged as being &quot;dipped&quot; = harshly cleaned = worthless.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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