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Valued Member
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Hey guys I've got this Standing Liberty quarter , lots of detail and I can see good amount of luster under this dark toning ... Do you guys think a quick dip would take some of this patina off and bring out the luster that's underneath ?    *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm thinking a quick dip will leave it blotchy as not getting all the black tone off .it will be left with bad eye appeal. Too long of a dip ,not good either. IMHO I would leave it as is.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with T-BOP; leave it as is. I think a dip would do more harm than good, and I kind of like the look of it in it's current state. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't touch her. That toning is actually highlighting the details you like so much. And the eye appeal is nice already  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Don't dip or clean,it looks nice as-is. John1  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Coinguy - have you already done an acetone soak? Jack
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it looks good the way it is.
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Moderator
United States
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Please, leave it alone! If you do not like it, sell it to someone who will appreciate it (and I feel that is a strong market).
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Valued Member
 United States
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No I haven't tried any acetone or anything ..
The coins is actually slabbed by NTC as EF 45 and in my opinion has the detail of a 53-55 coin ..
That's why I was curious if a dip might take that dark tone off as I though that may have been why they undergraded it , or maybe NTC is all the sudden super conservative lol ...
I was more or less just curious , I thought that possibly the toning could be removed and I could save the coin back until anacs had another special and hopefully get an AU grade while getting The coin in a legit slab ...
It was just a thought ,so since there's not a big jump in value from 45 to 53 and you guys don't think the toning will come off easy I will be leaving it as is!
Edited by Coinguy1986
11/05/2015 5:12 pm
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Moderator
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Wise decision. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
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Heavy, dark toning like that almost never comes off well.
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Pillar of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
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I appreciate everyone's replys. I don't have much experience dipping coins , I've only done a handful of slightly toned Mercury dimes and a few Walking Liberty halves which all turned out really nice but none of those coin were toned as heavily as this quarter ... |
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NTC grades should just be ignored and considered nothing more than a holder like a 2x2
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11/05/2015 9:41 pm
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Posted 11/05/2015 3:27 pm
