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<p>[QUOTE="Travlntiques, post: 2480539, member: 39129"]It's one of those tricky subjects where most people will prefer originality now days, but years ago it was common practice to dip most everything. A blast white coin is easier to grade, "newer" looking and when you are trying to build a Date & MM set....you kind'a want them to look similar. Toners may fall out of favor one of these days in the distant future too, but given what we know about how acids remove the top layer of surface, mute luster over time & can cause rapid retoning with more yellow-ish colors, I don't reckon people will jump back on the blast-white train for a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>My vote, well, I actually like blast white classics...If the dip was done right and strong luster is still present. And of course when it comes to conservation and removing ugly splotchy toning, dipping is totally fine by me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Travlntiques, post: 2480539, member: 39129"]It's one of those tricky subjects where most people will prefer originality now days, but years ago it was common practice to dip most everything. A blast white coin is easier to grade, "newer" looking and when you are trying to build a Date & MM set....you kind'a want them to look similar. Toners may fall out of favor one of these days in the distant future too, but given what we know about how acids remove the top layer of surface, mute luster over time & can cause rapid retoning with more yellow-ish colors, I don't reckon people will jump back on the blast-white train for a while. My vote, well, I actually like blast white classics...If the dip was done right and strong luster is still present. And of course when it comes to conservation and removing ugly splotchy toning, dipping is totally fine by me.[/QUOTE]
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