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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2658326, member: 75525"]I do not worry about cracks that were formed during minting like the one on [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] 's Vespasian. </p><p>I worry lots about cracks due to crystallization. I purchased an extremely nice RR denarius. It had one small spot on the edge where some metal was missing and underlying crystallization was visible. The coin broke when handled ruffly! Ouch, that did not feel good. I have a similar coin someone else broke the same way. Now I put crystallized coins in a holder like Cointains (I am not sure if that word is trademarked). I do not move them much. Plenty has been written on the subject here and elsewhere - </p><p><a href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/grading/damage.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/grading/damage.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/grading/damage.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2658326, member: 75525"]I do not worry about cracks that were formed during minting like the one on [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] 's Vespasian. I worry lots about cracks due to crystallization. I purchased an extremely nice RR denarius. It had one small spot on the edge where some metal was missing and underlying crystallization was visible. The coin broke when handled ruffly! Ouch, that did not feel good. I have a similar coin someone else broke the same way. Now I put crystallized coins in a holder like Cointains (I am not sure if that word is trademarked). I do not move them much. Plenty has been written on the subject here and elsewhere - [url]http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/grading/damage.htm[/url][/QUOTE]
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