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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7566822, member: 112"]Yeah, and every single one of them has been dipped ! Just like the one you posted.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to understand something Blake - every coin there is, or ever was, begins to tone the very moment it is struck ! And toning doesn't ever stop ! </p><p><br /></p><p>With silver coins the toning starts out as a subtle color change just slightly darker than freshly minted silver. And as time progresses so does the toning with the coin getting darker and darker. And eventually it turns black. Now the original luster may still be there, under that black layer that you see. Now what dipping does is to strip that black layer revealing that shiny silver color underneath, making the coin "look" new again. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty much every older coin you've ever seen has been dipped, some of them more than once. And I'm defining older as anything 50 years old or older. Every coin expert there is will tell you that 80% or more of all older coins have been dipped. People have been dipping coins to remove the toning for over 200 years ! And it's a dang good thing they have been because it has protected those coins from certain and absolute destruction. That's because toning at its terminal stage literally eats the metal up. Toning is nothing more than corrosion, and as you know corrosion eats metal up, literally destroys it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7566822, member: 112"]Yeah, and every single one of them has been dipped ! Just like the one you posted. You need to understand something Blake - every coin there is, or ever was, begins to tone the very moment it is struck ! And toning doesn't ever stop ! With silver coins the toning starts out as a subtle color change just slightly darker than freshly minted silver. And as time progresses so does the toning with the coin getting darker and darker. And eventually it turns black. Now the original luster may still be there, under that black layer that you see. Now what dipping does is to strip that black layer revealing that shiny silver color underneath, making the coin "look" new again. Pretty much every older coin you've ever seen has been dipped, some of them more than once. And I'm defining older as anything 50 years old or older. Every coin expert there is will tell you that 80% or more of all older coins have been dipped. People have been dipping coins to remove the toning for over 200 years ! And it's a dang good thing they have been because it has protected those coins from certain and absolute destruction. That's because toning at its terminal stage literally eats the metal up. Toning is nothing more than corrosion, and as you know corrosion eats metal up, literally destroys it.[/QUOTE]
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