Is this a Dipper?

Dipping this coin would do more harm than good.

In the shop where I work, I have gotten to practice on junk silver coins quite a bit and I have come to understand a few things through the experience.

I have come up with an adage that works well.

It’s all about the candidate. Some coins are better candidates for dipping than others.

Many circulated coins should never be dipped because the wear when you strip off the toning will look unnatural and the coin will look (as an earlier poster to this thread put it) dipped.

Nice uncirculated coins are the best candidates to dip as when you remove the toning, the coin will look natural when it’s bright everywhere.

I look for luster underneath the toning and if it isn’t there, I just leave the coin alone.

Just thought i’d share my experiences.

Yeah, Doug, I’ve come 180 degrees on this subject as I used to protest dipping coins. I now understand that it’s not whether or not a coin has been dipped, but rather if it’s been dipped properly.

 

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I like the grungy circulated look. Acetone if you must do something but dipping this coin white I’m my opinion would make it look plain awful

 

You’re a funny guy, Doug. I won’t give you a like, just tell you that you’re funny.

P.S.-I still don’t like market grading

 

He's a pernicious one, Mike, be careful. The older we get, the smarter he gets.

 

My lousy 2 cents - I would not dip this coin. I recently bought my first jar of E-Z-Est and have "experimented" on a number of clad Kennedys and Ikes to try and get a feel for dipping coins. Like @mikenoodle says, it's all about the candidate. If the coin has scratches and dings, dipping will make all of those stand out and the coin will look worse than it did beforehand. However, I have had good results on nice AU coins that had a small amount of tarnish on them. I've tried a few silver Kennedys as well and arrived at the same conclusions.

 

No, really, it's an original, I made it up!