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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 483322, member: 112&quot;]Good question, and must admit I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever heard it asked before. But I would say there is a simple answer. Dipping a coin can have two purposes - 1 - to remove a harmful substance, be that advanced toning or a contaminant and 2 - to hopefully increase the value by improving eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Atificially toning a coin almost always has the same reason behind it as #2 above so it may appear to be a fine line between them. But ATing a coin is almost always done with fraudulent intent while dipping a coin is not.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me that is enough difference to make dipping acceptable and ATing not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here is an example of why a coin should be dipped. I tried to find before and after pics but couldn&#039;t. And I couldn&#039;t even find 2 examples of the same type of coin, at least not readily. But these 2 pics will suffice to get my point across as to what dipping can do for a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first pic is a naturally toned coin that has progressed to the point of the toning being harmful to the coin. The second pic is what that same coin might look like after being dipped. And yes I know they are not the same coin, it is only for the purpose of illustration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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