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Message:: [QUOTE="ebunny, post: 1800799, member: 33560"]Can slipping coins into mylar flips cause scratches and other forms of damage on coins? I send my coins to A.N.A.C.S. for authentication and grading regularly, so I have to remove the coins from their capsules or original packagings and place them in mylar flips before submitting them. Recently, I sent a consignment of 17 coins for authentication and grading. One of them is a 1999/2000 Double Dated Canada Silver Maple Leaf. I bought this coin from an Amazon seller two years ago, when it was still enclosed in its original Royal Canadian Mint packaging. The reason I decided to send the coin for authentication and grading was because the original Royal Canadian Mint packaging had split apart slightly, so I thought I might as well remove the coin from its original packaging and have A.N.A.C.S. authenticate and grade the coin for me. The coin has been graded as MS65, meaning it must have some minor scratches and scuff marks on it, or, perhaps, the high points aren't full. I am wondering how it got to this state when it had been in its original packaging until just a couple of days before it was shipped to A.N.A.C.S. I packaged the 17 coins well with lots of padding, so the coin could not have sustained any damage during its trip to A.N.A.C.S. The R.C.M. original packaging is also rather soft. Could the coin have sustained minor damage even when it was in its original packaging? Thanks in advance for your help.[/QUOTE]