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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3925064, member: 112"]Yes, I said exactly what I meant to say.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't want people "messing with" coins either. But dipping is not something that I put in the messing with category. Don't get me wrong, there are cases when it can be, but in a great many cases, and I believe the majority of them, dipping a coin is the right thing to do because it prevents the coin from being inevitably destroyed by the toning.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You're not wrong Dan, not a whole lot of people are knowledgeable when it comes to dipping copper. In fact the vast majority of people think it can't even be done. But the evidence that is so blatantly right in front of everybody's face says that it can be ! The only reason they can't see it is because it's too bloody obvious !</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it for just a minute or two. Copper is the most reactive (most susceptible to toning) of our coinage metals. Copper tones and tones quickly if ya even "think" the word ! But if ya look at the populations for all of the TPGs do ya know what you'll find ? You'll find that the number of "Red" copper coins far, far outnumbers the number of Red Brown or Brown copper coins residing in slabs. </p><p><br /></p><p>And when you take three things into consideration - copper being the most reactive metal, and toning being inevitable on any and all coins, and the age of the coins - there is only one way that the number of Red copper coins can be what it is - the majority of the coins have been successfully dipped. Otherwise they could not even be Red.</p><p><br /></p><p>So rather obviously, there are enough people who know how to make that possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3925064, member: 112"]Yes, I said exactly what I meant to say. I don't want people "messing with" coins either. But dipping is not something that I put in the messing with category. Don't get me wrong, there are cases when it can be, but in a great many cases, and I believe the majority of them, dipping a coin is the right thing to do because it prevents the coin from being inevitably destroyed by the toning. You're not wrong Dan, not a whole lot of people are knowledgeable when it comes to dipping copper. In fact the vast majority of people think it can't even be done. But the evidence that is so blatantly right in front of everybody's face says that it can be ! The only reason they can't see it is because it's too bloody obvious ! Think about it for just a minute or two. Copper is the most reactive (most susceptible to toning) of our coinage metals. Copper tones and tones quickly if ya even "think" the word ! But if ya look at the populations for all of the TPGs do ya know what you'll find ? You'll find that the number of "Red" copper coins far, far outnumbers the number of Red Brown or Brown copper coins residing in slabs. And when you take three things into consideration - copper being the most reactive metal, and toning being inevitable on any and all coins, and the age of the coins - there is only one way that the number of Red copper coins can be what it is - the majority of the coins have been successfully dipped. Otherwise they could not even be Red. So rather obviously, there are enough people who know how to make that possible.[/QUOTE]
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