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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1385058, member: 112&quot;]Yes, dipping can indeed remove luster from a coin. &quot;Can&quot; is the operative word. But just because it &quot;can&quot; that does not mean that it will !</p><p><br /></p><p>As I explained at length in this thread - <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t201576/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t201576/">http://www.cointalk.com/t201576/</a> - if dipping is done correctly it <u>will not</u> harm the coin. On the contrary, dipping a coin correctly can and often does actually improve the grade of the coin. That is because dipping makes the luster that is hidden by toning visible once again. It does not restore the luster, the luster was always there and it never left. But it does make the luster visible again because once dipped properly, the toning that was covering up the luster is removed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Think of of like this, you have an old master painting, worth millions. Somebody takes painting and paints a new picture, with water soluble paint, right on top of the original painting. Now what do you have ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Well you still have an original old master painting, you just can&#039;t see it anymore. But remove that water soluble paint, and you have your old master back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same thing happens with dipping a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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