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Moderator
 United States
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Not one single vote for the dipped coin!  EDIT: Okay, who slipped in the vote as I was posting?  Edited by jbuck
11/17/2008 1:42 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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I'm not surprised, but it's very revealing. As is your choice of smilie jbuck! As if to say "whoever dares to vote for a cleaned coin wants a fight"  Edited by QuickSilver
11/17/2008 1:46 pm
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United States
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I'm not surprised, but it's very revealing. Maybe it was a sympathy vote?  Quote:
As if to say "whoever dares to vote for a cleaned coin wants a fight" Actually, it was because someone made me a liar, but that is a good reason as well! Edited by jbuck
11/17/2008 1:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I voted au' natur'el.....(err.... however you spell that).....and I voted that way almost BEFORE even looking at your coins........just the mere "idea" of a dipped/cleaned coin is a dastardly horrific calamity of a thing to do.
I noticed that the person who voted "for" a dipped coin did not leave a reply !....I was a little curious to read that !
Though I know that some people don't mind them........and I know that many "sellers" don't mind doing the dipping or cleaning to "increase" their profits on those who can't identify a cleaned/dipped coin.....in essence...misleading them.
Edited by eaglefoot
11/17/2008 3:44 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Without a doubt A. Dipping it really accentuates the scratch from 2 o'clock toward 11 o'clock.
Just out of curiosity, why did you do it? Was there PVC goo?
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Valued Member
 United States
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When your old you should look your age, the same with coins. But that's just me, I like old circulated coins. |
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United States
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I voted for coin A
I don't care all that much if a coin has been dipped or not but it depends on how much toning and how dark the toning is whether or not I like it. This one looked OK before being dipped to me.
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Valued Member
United States
115 Posts |
I also chose A for the same reason as those before me.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1077 Posts |
Thanks for all the comments so far. They've been great. Please keep them coming. I would like to hear from some of those who prefer the cleaned one also. I am sure no one here will attack you for your opinion. (Although they might!). You can always send me a PM.
I especially like Eaglefoot's "I voted that way almost BEFORE even looking at your coins........just the mere "idea" of a dipped/cleaned coin is a dastardly horrific calamity of a thing to do." It show's how ingrained the mantra "Don't Clean" is. Even if the coin in question is not for resale, only for the owner to enjoy the look of.
I cleaned this one as I am doing some research in to the whole cleaning thing. From inside and outside the coin collecting fraternity.
This looked a good candidate, I got it cheap as frankly it was very dirty. Had that big patch of black stuff you can see in the inner circle and such. What the don't clean fans like to call "patina" or "toning" was definitely "dirt" and "crud" as coindexter said, (but still prefered it to the cleaned one!)
Keep 'em coming!
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New Member
United States
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i chose a also. since I'm new to all this I didn't know b was dipped, I chose a because it looks older. over 50 years it would make me think and wonder, who had it, what it beens through, what it's seen. that's what I like about old coins...what stories would they tell if they could talk.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I choose B because I like shiny stuff and would put that one on an easel in the curio cabinet!
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Valued Member
United States
250 Posts |
I prefer A as I like to see the detail that the 'normal' aging brings out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
764 Posts |
what the heck is that coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The coin is from Nepal. It is a 1 Mohar from 1904.
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Australia
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I voted A, because unless I entomb coin B in a slab, airtite or 2x2, in less than 50 years time it'll most likely look just like A again, or even worse. The only advantage in picture A is that you can see the details better; these are scans, so I'm not sure how this difference translates to a difference in actually seeing the coin in hand before and after. Quote:
...Had that big patch of black stuff you can see in the inner circle and such. What the don't clean fans like to call "patina" or "toning" was definitely "dirt" and "crud" as coindexter said... Scans are normally pretty good at telling apart tarnish/toning/patina from adhered dirt/goo/gunk. That looks like regular tarnish/toning to me. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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