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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WillGK, post: 5514199, member: 115517&quot;]Background: I’ve told my story here before but, again, I put quite a number of coins away, long ago, and now am getting them sorted, and the better ones graded, etc.&nbsp; I knew enough back then to buy some nicer coins, but in many ways I am a novice because I never really knew what I was doing, so I would appreciate some advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question today is about eye appeal.&nbsp; I have a large number of Franklins, some in the higher grades.&nbsp; Rick Tomaska is a resource that I came across, who seems good on Franklins.&nbsp; Here is a piece, posted on the PCGS site:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/why-franklin-half-dollars-of-the-same-date-and-grade" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/why-franklin-half-dollars-of-the-same-date-and-grade" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/news/why-franklin-half-dollars-of-the-same-date-and-grade</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Note the three 57-D Franklins.&nbsp; The two on the right have more value to him.&nbsp; I have a number of nice coins that look better than the one on the left, but still are pretty dull in hand. Sort of a gun metal grey look, in the early stages of what I think is meant by “white” coins...?&nbsp; Tomaska says that the dull sort of toning that I am wondering about won’t affect the grade that the TPG will put on it.&nbsp; But there will be considerably less market appeal. </p><p><br /></p><p>Easy enough to make such coins look like the one on the far right.&nbsp; So I ran an experiment.&nbsp; I took one of my low grade Franklins, bought some silver dip, and dipped it.&nbsp; You can see the before and after photos (colors not quite accurate).[ATTACH=full]1240121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240126[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The dipped version has more appeal to me, and I presume that if I did this to my dull, higher grade Franklins the result would be even better, as they have seriously more underlying luster.&nbsp; Also pictured is a 63-D FBL that has better and unbroken luster but looks uniformly dull and lifeless (although the underlying luster/cartwheel is obvious, in hand).&nbsp; I have about a dozen of these sorts of coins that are worth submitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to dip or not to dip, that is the question. The goal, at this stage, is not personal satisfaction.&nbsp; The goal is to sell for maximum value.&nbsp; And I have to decide what to do, before I get the coins encapsulated. Recommendations appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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