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Anyone Willing To Do A Dip Experiment For Us?

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 Posted 04/08/2011  11:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OneBowl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I know how to search, I didn't find much of anything here quickly which included the before and after pictures I am interested in and I specifically stated I was interested Forum member responses, not anonymous internet content.
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 Posted 04/08/2011  11:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I posted these before here somewhere. The first one is a pile of pennies from someone that works in a bar and picks these up each night. He usually gives me the pennies and keeps the larger coins.
The first is as they were
The second photo is from a very intensive cleaning with all types of soaps and water in a large bucket, outside of course.
Any addidional cleaning would not be worth the money to do that.

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 Posted 04/08/2011  7:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is something I did a few years ago:

Before (Obviously!):

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After: (10 second dip in my wife's Connoisseur's Silver Jewelry Cleaner, then rinse with distilled water & pat dry)


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 Posted 04/09/2011  02:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Darth Anarchus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
wow Moe, that's a world of difference... I think after seeing some that have been dipped is actually beneficial to the community... We as a community owe it to ourselves, especially the newer collectors to educate not just what this can do, but how to see the difference in coins that have been dipped... I will shut up now, as I don't want to instigate comments away from the topic at hand...
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 Posted 04/12/2011  01:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Darth Anarchus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
And a pic of the same Lincoln 6 days later... I am definately understanding how to spot these more through this little experiment...



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 Posted 04/12/2011  02:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add northwestseeker to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
that is some serious difference! how would you tell that the 3 cent has been cleaned or not, if you didn't know that it had been?
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 Posted 04/12/2011  02:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Darth Anarchus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
usually a slight difference in color and/ or luster from what I've seen...
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 Posted 04/12/2011  03:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cointagous to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I was suprised to see the difference a ten second dip could make on your Three Cent piece. To each his own but I prefer the undipped piece with its old skin and color. But even I would dip a coin that has toned very dark or has enviromental damage that needs to be removed to enjoy. One thing I have tried is lemon juice on brass to remove verdigris and it works.
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