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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stairstars, post: 4492994, member: 111609&quot;]&quot;and not cleaned or dipped, with similar toning on the silver coins, are rare and highly desirable.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So true, but look at the 1882 catalog preamble to the proof lots that contains instructions on just how to dip &quot;discolored&quot; proof coins to get them back to gleaming white:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114738[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a fact that the Victorians favored dipping and lacquering of specimen coins, which explains the extreme prices paid for non messed with examples. Here, one of the few existing 19th Century coin auction houses extolling the virtues of dipping demonstrates how mainstream the practice was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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