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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 416934, member: 8012&quot;]I disagree that &quot;we are all doing this to preserve our numismatic treasures for future generations&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Should I put a common date 1942 Walking Liberty on a mantle-piece and bow down to it?&nbsp; Hardly.&nbsp; I am here to enjoy my coin collection and of course, preserve it in a reasonable fashion (for my and my family/friend&#039;s enjoyment).&nbsp; I am not the curator of a time capsule.</p><p><br /></p><p>These discussions have a tendancy to go to the extreme of micro-scratches and hospital masks.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think more than one new coin collector has read these threads and proabably been scared to death to touch a coin.&nbsp; Goodness forbid if he/she was put off from the hobby by these extreme practices.</p><p><br /></p><p>It gets to the point where you wonder whether you can put a list of coins in with your coin album because it might release some god-awful chemical which will corrode your coins down to nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s amazing how those fiew coins we have left today have survived.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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