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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2755087, member: 112&quot;]Bman there&#039;s a few things you need to understand. First and foremost, Brown Ikes -</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.coinbidders.com/images/BrownIke.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>- and Blue Ikes -</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]631889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>- are both notorious for having issues. And the issues can take several different forms. Finding nice examples is beyond difficult. The coins can be baggy, have ugly toning, and be hazy. And sometime they are both baggy and hazy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the haze is sometimes the beginning form of toning. Other times it may be due to improper storage. And no, the mint packaging is most definitely not airtight. If there is something in the air where the coins are kept it can get to the coins and be deposited on the coins over time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, when the coins were packaged by the mint they received no special care or handling so it was quite possible for small specks of just about anything and everything to be deposited on the coins during the packaging. And over time those specks affect the coin. They are so small you may not even see them, but as the coin tones they have an effect. And if you do something like rinse the coins in acetone it then and only then that those effects become visible. Resulting in what you see with your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what do ya do about it if you want to collect these coins ? Well first of all you get real picky about which ones you buy. When I was collecting US coins, and yeah I collected these along with all other coins in original mint packaging, if they were hazy looking or baggy I just walked away. And just so you understand, I used to look at thousands of them. Every coin show I would go to I would&nbsp; go through every example I could find at every dealer&#039;s table of coins in original mint packaging. Not just looking for these but any coin in original mint packaging. Do that for 20 years and how many coins can look at ?</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd thing ya do is once you buy a coin or a set, you don&#039;t mess with it. You don&#039;t try to &quot;improve&quot; it or &quot;fix&quot; it. If it needs improving or fixing you don&#039;t buy it ! You only buy coins that you are happy with just as they are when you see them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why ? Well, your coin is a perfect example of why. Because 99 out of 100 times it&#039;s going to turn out worse than it was to begin with. And it&#039;s not going to be in original packaging anymore. But that part may not matter to you. Of course once you remove it from the original packaging what the coin ends up looking like down the road is anybody&#039;s guess because it will be entirely dependent on your storage methods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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