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I'm skeptical that:

1 - Lead solder was used in copper cooking pots at all, because solder
could easily start to weaken at temps that a pot might experinece.

2 - That it's a common service readily available to get pots like this
dipped in something to cover them.

Like you state, what's the point? If I had such a pot, I'd just
chuck it and go buy a new one.
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Agree with #1. Should NOT be leaded.

As for #2, not every town has them, but they do exist.

Tinning is very common for copper pots.
http://www.eastcoasttinning.com/RecentCustomers.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...C1A9619482 60