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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2464677, member: 112&quot;]But the two that came back details, were they given the details because of the dipping, or for something else ? </p><p><br /></p><p>In other words your comment, at least to me, seems to imply that the coins were not graded because they were not dipped correctly. But that may not be the case at all. You see, you can dip a coin correctly, in other words without doing harm or damage to the coin at all with the dip itself. However, by removing the toning on the coin you may reveal other damage that could not be seen while the toning was present. Other damage that may have happened years or even decades previously.</p><p><br /></p><p>Toning can cover up a multitude of sins, it can render those sins invisible. And those sins can be things like a harsh cleaning, scratches, hairlines, or old environmental damage, to name a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why dipping a coin is always a crapshoot, and that is only one of the reasons. For even if you dip the coin 100% correctly, it may reveal old damage that existed before the toning occurred. Another reason can be damage done to the coin by the toning itself. And another can be over-dipping the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>But as a general rule, over-dipping the coin occurs far less frequently. Usually it&#039;s one of the other two things. But a lot of people don&#039;t realize that and they blame the dipping for causing the coin to get a details label - when it wasn&#039;t the dipping at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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