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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2019480, member: 112&quot;]As for the issue of dipping copper, it has long been my opinion that it not only can be done successfully, but that it is done successfully, and has been for many years. And no, I don&#039;t know of any secret method, and I certainly would not reveal it if I did. What I do know is that there is a huge number of copper coins, some even 200 years old, that have been judged to be original mint red. And knowledge, coupled with common sense tells us that this should not be so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper is the most reactive of our coinage metals, it tones exponentially faster than silver, nickel, and gold. And since toning cannot be stopped, only slowed down, then it stands to reason that very, very, few copper coins should exist as original mint red.</p><p><br /></p><p>Couple that with the fact that countless numbers of copper coins in TPG slabs designated as Red, are in fact no longer Red. But instead Red Brown or ever Brown. In other words the toning has occurred inside the slab, after the coin was slabbed. And yes, some of these cases are undoubtedly due to improper storage after the coin was slabbed. But even many of those that were properly stored, still toned and turned RB or BR.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, given that in today&#039;s world we have learned how to store coins to slow down toning as much as it can be slowed down, and that many collectors utilize these proper storage methods, and the coins still turn after being slabbed - there are only two possible answers. 1 - a whole lot of people got really lucky, huge numbers of them. And 2 - there is a successful way to dip copper. Otherwise there could never have been such huge numbers of them judged Red to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can decide for yourself which is more probable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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