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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 71444, member: 2761&quot;]Leave it to the mint.&nbsp; Two numismatics were asked to examine and photograph the 10 - 1933 Gold $20 coins that recently turned up (Coin World September 19th edition)</p><p><br /></p><p>When Mint officials presented the coins, they were housed in individual ziploc bags and all 10 were then stored in one larger ziploc bag!</p><p><br /></p><p>Great commerical for &quot;lock in freshness&quot;, but considering these coins are all worth at least $2 to $5 million each (since population levels have now increased), wouldn&#039;t you think they could have been better stored?</p><p><br /></p><p>Tom Mulvaney (who was asked to examine and photograph the coins) brought some plastic slabs to give the coins better protection and the article doesn&#039;t state if mint officials replaced the ziploc bags with the plastic holders he brought.&nbsp; Leave it to a numismatist to think when handling coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Way to go US Mint...<img src="http://www.babiestravellite.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/ZiplocQuartLarge.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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