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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1136546, member: 112&quot;]I has nothing to do with cotton. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first rule of coin collecting is that you never touch the surface of a coin - with <u>anything</u>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fabric or cloth of any kind can and will leave hairlines or fine scratches on the coin. Your fingers will leave fingerprints on the coin that will be etched into the metal. Nitrile gloves and latex gloves will leave smudges on the coin. That&#039;s why you never touch the surface of a coin. Because whatever you touch it with - it will do something detrimental to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>When coin albums/folders were first invented they were invented so people could keep track of their coins at a glance and see what they still needed to complete a set. But the coins that were put into those albums all came from pocket change, so touching their surface was no big deal - they had already been touched a million times. So touching them one more time to push them down into the hole of the album sure wasn&#039;t going to hurt them any.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in today&#039;s world, people tend to try and collect the nicest coins they can. AU and BU coins, even Proof coins. But albums were never intended to be used with these types of coins because it is impossible to get such a coin into an album without doing somnething you should never do - touch the surface of the coin, with anything ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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