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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4590474, member: 112&quot;]<i>What to do about a coin with no luster, but also no wear?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>You have to always remember that wear is not the only thing that can destroy luster. So yes, a coin can have no wear and no luster. And yes over-dipping can destroy luster, but there is still more, something else, that can also destroy luster - toning. And I say, based on the look of your coin, that&#039;s exactly what happened - the luster was destroyed by toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of folks assume that when they look at a coin like this that the coin was over-dipped. But I don&#039;t think it was at all, I suspect it was dipped properly. But the luster was already long gone before the coin was ever dipped - toning had already destroyed it. And when the toning was removed by the dip - what ya see is what ya get.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s one of the risks of dipping, why dipping is always, always, always - a crap shoot. You never know what you&#039;re gonna get until you do it ! </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes you can dip a coin that toned solid black, and when you&#039;re done you have a coin that is absolutely booming with luster ! It&#039;s gorgeous, and gets a high grade ! Other times you can dip a coin that has the very same look, black all over, ans when you&#039;re done you see flat, dead, lifeless coin, that will forever be a problem coin. And other times the coin may be toned the gun metal grey that is all so common, and when you dip it, it is also flat, dead, and lifeless. In fact it happens more often with those than the ones toned black. </p><p><br /></p><p>And all of this can happen even though the coin was dipped in exactly the right way ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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