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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 257816, member: 112&quot;]Ask any expert, pick them from the best names you can think of, and they will all tell you the same thing - 80% - 90% of all older coins have been dipped - with the possible exception of copper coins. And that includes all of them slabbed by NGC, PCGS, ANACS and ICG. In fact, PCGS quite often will dip a coin - without the owners permission - before they slab it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have said all of this a hundred times - a thousand times - it is all well known and always has been. And the statements that even an expert cannot tell if a coin has been properly dipped are also correct - you can&#039;t tell. But there is one thing that does tell you that it has been dipped - common sense. Your own powers of reason. How ? That&#039;s easy - it&#039;s because coins tone. So if a 100 year old coin is blast white then the odds are 9 out of 10 that it has been dipped. For the only way that it cannot be toned is if it were stored for those 100 years in a completely airtight environment and never exposed to the air. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now is it possible that a coin was stored that way, from day one, for all of those 100 years&nbsp; or more ? Yes, it is. But is it likely ? No it is not. So if a coin is blast white, or if you prefer looks like a freshly minted coin, and it is older than say 50 years - then it has in all probability been dipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you collect coins, and you say you don&#039;t want to own any dipped coins - then you better be ready to throw away or sell up to 90% of your collection. Because, trust me, you own a lot of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Am I saying it is right to dip them ? No, not at all. I prefer my coins in their original state, toned in all their glory. But there is a time when dipping a coin is the correct thing to do. And that is if the toning has reached the stage that it is corroding the surface of the coin - but then and only then is it the right thing to do in my opinion. But it is a fact of life that most of the older coins that exist in the world today have been dipped.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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