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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DEA, post: 7861416, member: 90140&quot;]Wow, alurid!&nbsp; Yeah, those do look to be holding up swell.&nbsp; I turn into quite the hand-wringer when it comes to my coins in questionable packaging.&nbsp; For example, I recently busted up a set I bought in Vatican City in about 2000 because the packaging was a soft pliable plastic, which worried me.&nbsp; I hated doing it but I didn&#039;t want to one find some degeneration occurring from the plastic.&nbsp; And the coins could move around too much, which I felt would cause too much wear.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are some here on CT who urgently recommend breaking up US Mint sets because of deterioration from the packaging materials - including cases.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t gone that far.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard for me to do so because most of my US Mint sets I inherited from my dad.&nbsp; Some of these are over fifty years old.&nbsp; Only once did I break up one of his US Mint sets - a proof set, from the 1980s I think - because I could see toning occurring over time, which concerned me.&nbsp; Especially one of the silvers in a particular spot, which scared me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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