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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 173062, member: 112&quot;]Treashunt is correct Mik, but it doesn&#039;t apply to just Morgan dollars - it applies to <u>all</u> older silver coins. I have often commented that up to 90% of older silver coins have been dipped - that is no exaggeration. And you need to keep something else in mind, when someone describes a coin as blast white - exactly what color is that ? What they are trying to say is that the coin is the exact same color as the day it was minted - but is it really ? White, like any color, comes in a huge variety of shades - just think about it for a minute and you&#039;ll know what I mean. Well, so does blast white. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at any coin individually you would describe as blast white, and then place it next to another coin that you would describe as blast white - I&#039;ll bet that you will see the coins are not the same color at all. One will be just a bit brighter or whiter than the other - but they are both made of exactly the same material. So why is one whiter than the other ? The answer is toning. But there are so many varying degrees of toning that most people, even those with a trained eye, will not notice the more subtle examples unless you place two coins that you would normally say are the same color side by side. For even though a coin has been dipped, it will begin to re-tone immediately after the dip. Now how much it tones and how quickly will depend on two things - environmental conditions and how it is stored. But quickly or slowly - it&#039;s going to tone. That much is inevitable. Unless of course it is stored in a completely airtight holder - and to the best of my knowledge no such thing exist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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