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doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 09:48 am artdio....those coins that you refer to (coins with no lustre and a greyish tone) are coins that have been dipped about 10 times. They are 'textbook' examples of coins that have been overdipped to death. Take a frosty white coin right from the minting process, dip it once (properly) and you will see NO difference in its appearance. Dip it over and over and over again and you'll end up with a grey looking catastrophe on your hands. Edited by doubleeagle59 04/07/2014 09:49 am Report this Post to the Staff
doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 09:52 am I want to also add that if you look on ebay for any Queen Victoria or Edward 5c, 10c, 25c and 50c that is brilliant white, regardless if it's a VG or an ms64, trust me, it's been dipped. I once looked at an original, never touched collection of MS King George V quarters and they were all almost BLACK. But....they were 'booming' with lustre and they most likely would have graded ms65 to ms66. They were all raw and the look of them is something you never see today because they were truly 'untouched'. Dipping has been around forever and once in the 1970's, it was the preferred method of selling. I remember back in the 1970's going to Torex and you couldn't find a toned coin in any of the dealer's showcases. They were all dipping coins behind them in their booths. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to visit a dealer in central Ontario at his store and got to go back to his work room. WOW!....talk about a storehouse of chemicals. You'd think he was a major shareholder of DowChemical or something. Edited by doubleeagle59 04/07/2014 10:07 am Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9870 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 09:53 am May have been entombed in lacquer for fifty years or more. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 10:19 am @ double, I guess its a possibility , I have a large collection of toned coins and dirty and some MS untouched also... Dont forget enviroment will also change the color of silver.. Maybe this one as DBM said was entombed forever ? Maybe it was in an air tight storage .. All in all it doent matter much I guess.. The grade will determine what I sell it for.... I just wish I had a proper value on MS 64 & 65 in case..... I know the trend only goes to 63 Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 8:08 pm MS-64. Report this Post to the Staff
jdmern Pillar of the Community United States 1949 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 8:16 pm In a collection I purchased, there were a couple of coins covered in lacquer and had grime and tar and whatever else on top of the lacquer... Gave them an acetone bath and end result were a couple of coins that looked much like Artdio's.... Unfortunately, these were common date Ceylon and Malaya silver's instead of top of the line Canadian Halves :) Boardwalk Numismatics http://stores.ebay.com/jdmern/ https://boardwalknumismatics.com Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 8:35 pm MS 65 spectacular coin. PCGS may give it a 6. Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 8:48 pm it will be in the hands of ICCS tomorrow .. cant wait to see what they give it.... Report this Post to the Staff
doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 04/07/2014 9:06 pm ICCS ms63. Report this Post to the Staff
wireman09 Pillar of the Community Canada 972 Posts	Posted 04/08/2014 01:15 am She's a beauty...MS64 Report this Post to the Staff
doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 04/08/2014 3:58 pm Well?............How did it grade? Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 04/08/2014 4:15 pm have to wait until I get it back..I sent in about 30 others so it will be 2 weeks for sure.... Report this Post to the Staff
doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 04/08/2014 5:46 pm Oh...it sounded like you were going for the $50 daily special. Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 04/08/2014 8:14 pm well I thought about it but why give them 50 for the same thing they will do for 11.. Take 15 seconds and make the call... I've been there a few times and watched him do it with no second opinion from the other ... So we will all have to wait... Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 04/16/2014 12:08 pm Results are back...Those guys are off their rocker...I just wasted a bunch of money on the most rediculous grading ever. They graded the 1910 at and are you ready for this AU 58 ...NOt even a blind man could grade that bad...But I'm not surprised with them.. Report this Post to the Staff
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