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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuleez, post: 1488577, member: 36864&quot;]I am really not trying to argue with your expertise, I just simply disagree.&nbsp; I understand that nearly all coins of this age have been dipped, and I&#039;m not saying that this one has not been dipped (I would bet that is had been conserved by NCS).&nbsp; I was simply stating that just because a coin is blast white, it does not necessarily mean that it has been dipped.&nbsp; I bring my GG grandfathers collection as an example because I don&#039;t think that anyone in the family ever dipped the coins.&nbsp; He stored his coins stacked up, which is likely the reason that many of the coins remained white.&nbsp; the edges clearly show that they were exposed to the elements, but the obverse and reverse remained white.&nbsp; It was not until the 1980s, when I started compiling the collection into albums, that toning started to appear on the coins.&nbsp; It is the reason behind my recent rant about wanting a quality archival album.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not against dipping a coin for preservation if done properly, in fact I give just about every coin (minus the coppers) an acetone bath before it goes in an album.&nbsp; It just bothers me that a coin is so quickly thrown under the bus for having been cleaned when I know that it is not always the case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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