Might Dip My 1860 -O Dollar

If I were you I'd leave well enough alone . I don't condone
Dipping silver coins if they have the slightest bit of wear .
Then you want to crack it out and resend it to NGC to be regraded ? As already mentioned , Bad Bad Idea !

Yeah, I don't think I would ever expect someone to say it is a good idea, and yet, what percentage of silver dollars (Morgans Peace, etc) have been dipped ? I am definitely no expert, but seems like a majority of the higher grades are, or am I way off base ?.

Personally, I think the Trade dollar has greater eye appeal, probably just because I am not a purist/ Once I get back to where the other dollars are and can lay the whole collection out, I'll probably make the decision. mIf it's a close call, I will most likely leave well enough alone

On that note, how many blast white Seated and Trade dollars do you see? Sans proofs, not a lot, and the ones you do see are higher MS. Low MS, let alone AU blast white Seated and Trade $ are red flags to me and certainly will be for a TPG. IMO.

Of note, there were actually full bags of 1859-O and 1860-O dollars released during the Treasury raid in 1964.

so let me come back to the original question. So generally everyone doesn't like the idea of messing around with the coin and I didn't expect anybody to say " Great idea"! when I posed the question. But, I do kind of like the cleaned up look, so is it likely a lower grade could result ? I do hear people saying it might come back 'detailed', but is that is a high risk? (Why aren't most of the Morgans coming back as detailed, if so). When faced with a choice of a dipped coin vs non-dipped of the same grade, would there really be a significant difference in cost ?

Yes ,if the dipped coin was detailed by TPG .

If a mint state coin is dipped expertly, you shouldn't be able to tell that it's been dipped, and it would probably get a straight grade. But if it's dipped poorly, and especially if it's an AU coin, there's a high likelihood that it would come back detailed and lose significant value. Seems much smarter to sell it and buy one with the look you want.