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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1092339, member: 26302&quot;]To the OP, yes there is very bad toning. Do not ever buy a coin with matte black toning, as this has progressed passed innocent toning and is corrosion. Other than that, coins with ugly toning have been dipped forever, because their toning was unattractive. I have never dipped a coin that I thought the toning was attractive, preferring to leave them alone, but many delaers used to dip every coin with toning regularly. Why? Because toning can hide problems that can be hard to see if the coin is dark, so therefor many collectors only wanted white coins. I have dipped ugly, splotchy brown coins with great success, (and a few failures, you never know what is under the toning, and a few came out with major flaws that were hidden by the color).</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, yes there is bad toning. Learn to read a coins tone, and never touch the matte black damaged coins, many of which I see selling now for a premium since they are &quot;beautifully toned&quot;. Glossy black is still ok, but just barely since it is close to corrosion. Any other color and the coin should still be fine, it would be up to you whether you prefer the coin that color or dipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, regarding dipping, the one application really does little harm to a coin. An &quot;overdipped&quot; coin did not get that way with one application, but by being dipped either improperly or many, many times. I know it is tantamount to heresy nowadays to talk about it, but properly done can really improve a coin. Yes, it is best to store your coins properly so they never have to be dipped, but you cannot change the past and sad to say many coins have been stored improperly. One could even argue ALL toned coins are evidence that they were stored improperly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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