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Originally Posted by GDJMSP

No David, I have never acknowledged that. Conder101 is the one who says that, I disagree. But I have not been able to prove it as of yet other than by direct observation.

I had forgotten to do this until now that you reminded me, but my contact at the mint appaprently no longer works there or has changed his email. So I still have to ask someone else for confirmation on if it is true or not.

But as I have said many times in the past when this discussion comes up, I am strongly against using oils to protect coins because oils eventually dry up and evaporate. And they not only collect dirt and dust from the very air, they even attract it. So when that fine dirt and dust accumulates in the oils on your coins and it dries - when go to apply the next coating of oil you can scratch/hairline the coin while doing so.

Another downside is this - we are not owners of the coins in our collections, we are merely caretakers. For eventually all of those coins will belong to someone else. And if that person does not agree with your opinion that oil will be removed. Thus subjecting the coins to yet another chemical treatment to remove it.

Then of course there is the issue of value. For if something ever happens and you have to sell your collection, you are doomed to getting only a fraction of its true value because the vast majority of coin buyers are of the same opinion about putting oil on coins as I am - that it is harmful in the long run.

if you want a contact at the mint let me know