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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rugen, post: 6006, member: 422&quot;]Has anyone noticed some type of what looks like an oily film near the edge on some of the coins in the 1999 Silver Proof Sets.&nbsp; Someone at my local coin store told me that he read in a magazine years back, that recycled cardboard has some oily &#039;goop&#039; used in the manufacturing process, and I should not store my coins around cardboard or in cardboard boxes.&nbsp; He told me to remove a my proof sets from the mint issued boxes and store the boxes separate from my coins. The mint ships in cardboard and the original mint packaging is cardboard. The problem might be that the die cut coin mats inside the plastic proof cases are also recycled cardboard or paper.&nbsp; The fellow at the shop said that the oily goop has something to do with the recycling process, (not anything the mint does), and I needed to know that the government only uses recycled paper and cardboad.&nbsp; Anyone else notice any problems with their 1999 silver proof sets, or any of your older silver proof sets.&nbsp; It really does appear as a thin yellow/brown oily haze near the coin rims.&nbsp; Something like 3-in-1 machine oil.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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