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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sturmgrenadier, post: 1145123, member: 18711&quot;]I collect early commemoratives and at shows, I sometimes encounter coins from the 20&#039;s and 30&#039;s that have great lustre but are <i>completely</i> &#039;blast white&#039;. Is it true that almost all such blast white silver coins from this era (and earlier) have been dipped at some time? That is to say, it is virtually impossible for coins of that age (several decades old or older) to not exhibit some toning? But this confuses me, because if a coin was dipped, wouldn&#039;t that impair/dull the lustre of these blast white coins? And some of these I&#039;ve seen still have blazing lustre. Very confusing for me. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have about 30 of the 50 coin early commem short set and a few of my coins are of the blast white variety. I wonder to myself: can this really be what my coins looked like when they were minted in 1936 (for example)? Or must they by definition had to have been dipped to look the way that they do? Thanks in advance for enlightening me<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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