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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3553286, member: 24314&quot;]johnmilton, post: 3552707, member: &quot;<b>I saw the coin in person</b>; you didn’t.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102)"><i><b>100% true!</b>&nbsp; However, YOU <b>DID NOT SEE</b> THE PLASTIC SLIDE HARM THE COIN.&nbsp; Therefore, in this particular case, you are posting nonsense.</i>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It was in the album. I took the photos. I saw the cause of its problem. You come back with an attack. I have marked you as “ignore” because you are unreasonable. Good bye.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102)">Please see above:&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><b>YOU WERE NOT THERE</b></span> to determine what caused the DAMAGE on the obverse and I&#039;ll guarantee it was not the plastic slide.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Mainebill, posted: &quot;Worst case I ever did was a 1803 large cent. Was f details with a bit of crust to the surface it ended up under the interior drawer of my desk. <b>It had bright copper color slide marks though not deep.</b> Still was ugly though.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102)"><b>Excellent example</b>! I consider this to be first hand knowledge. &quot;Sliding&quot; a coin across many types of surfaces can cause marks.&nbsp; Although they are NOT CALLED &quot;Slide Marks&quot; - a term usually reserved for marks believed to be caused by the plastic </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102)">slides in folders.&nbsp; This type of slide mark is not deep and they appear as hairlines not shallow scratches.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>ldhair, posted: &quot;Please take the time to think this over. You don&#039;t see the albums with the coins still intact. Some of us do and see the damage that the slides cause. I like you Skip but you need to take a step back on this issue.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102)"><b>Thanks</b> for the advice.&nbsp; A plastic folder slide <b>CAN</b> eventually cause hairlines on a coin under EXTREMELY unusual conditions.&nbsp; IMO, based on actual experimentation in/outside class to destroy this virtual myth, it is rare.&nbsp; Give it a try.</span>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">The bright spots on the high points of the OP&#039;s coin were caused when something rubbed the coin.&nbsp; That abrasion was not from the plastic slide in a coin folder!&nbsp; <b><i>The numismatists I know do not refer to friction wear as a slide mark.</i></b></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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