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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nightowl, post: 739894, member: 18614&quot;]Dipping does remove a microscopic layer from the entire coin. This coin has been lightly circulated, and the mint luster was simply worn from the coin. I have read that the cartwheel mint luster that we&#039;ve come to covet, is more pronounced on coins of high mintage. The seated dollar in question has a mintage of 140 thousand pieces, and the surfaces are much finer than you&#039;d find on a Morgan Dollar. </p><p><br /></p><p>The tiny nicks in the field...when viewed under high magnification, have not had the edges rounded. It&#039;s not been cleaned in a mechanical manner or with an agent like baking soda, but the original mint luster was worn from the fields before it was ever dipped. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never used the baking soda/aluminum foil thing to clean a coin from my metal detecting hobby...but I know some people do that. I wouldn&#039;t know how to recognize if that was done to this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nightowl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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