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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 937326, member: 15199&quot;]Unless you seal the coin in a completely air ( gas) tight container, there will always be a possibility of interaction. Vigilance is the key. I don&#039;t believe the slabs that really expensive coins reside are much better. It is all relative. I had these Morgans in a Bank SDB and this occurred after 10 years of me not really checking them. It also happened to some in slabs. Mea culpa.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the older days <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; not as much was known by most collectors regarding cleaning, chemical reactions, and the idea of not damaging coins was not as strong. Here is an advertisement of a company from the Numismatic Scrapbook, one of the premier journal of the 1960s. Notice it says you have to provide the coins to process ( legal). This accounts for many of the &quot; I have a 1943 Copper cent~ Am I rich yet&quot; threads. Thus same company also offered reprocessing your worn &#039;43 into bright shining ones. I will try to find that ad and photograph also.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/copper43.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although it has been done, the 1955/55 Doubled die Lincoln&nbsp; ( here is mine) is unlikely to be found in the &quot;wild&quot;. They were not released equally across the US, and were recognized early</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/195555date.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1955 &quot;poorman&#039;s &quot; is not an actual doubled die, it is apparent doubling (not) of the last 5 due to deterioration of the die. Many used it for albums that had a hole for 1955/55 just to fill it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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