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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2481498, member: 24314&quot;]1. they look black in almost all cases&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30059">That&#039;s not good.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>2. yes&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30059">Small &quot;raised&quot; spots indicate corrosion and that the surface under them has been etched.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>3. they all look like BU or PL - shiny and reflective&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30059">This is also not good.&nbsp; Original BU commemorative of this time period (with few exceptions) should look frosty white like a CC Morgan dollar still sealed in a government issued case.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>confined.&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30059">Corrosion. </span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059">Did you purchase them as a set or assemble them?&nbsp; If you bought a few at a time from different sources, chances are you will have some that are original with spots and many (the shiny ones) that were cleaned and spotted.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059">Anything on the rim and edge can be removed with no harm and will be undetectable even using magnification. The spots on the surfaces will be a problem.&nbsp; Depending what your photos show, it may not be worth conserving some of them.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>My best description is like corrosion or black mold. Some are tiny spots, some are larger and irregular, some are discoloration on the edge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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