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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 24619702, member: 112&quot;]Not a doubt in my mind that it has been dipped ! Just not as recently as yours would be my guess. Given their composition it is very unusual for the classic commems to not show readily visible toning unless they have been dipped.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What you need to understand Mary is that all coins begin to tone the moment after they are struck. Now that toning can be slowed down significantly with proper storage methods, but it cannot be stopped for that is the very nature of metal. And if you dip them, they immediately begin toning again, even with proper storage. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even by 1960 when I first began collecting coins there were very, very few collectors who who practiced proper storage methods. Most of them had never even heard of it back then ! Proper storage really didn&#039;t begin to become more widespread until the 1980&#039;s and later. Even today there is still a large percentage of collectors who do not use proper storage methods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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