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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 24486406, member: 22331&quot;]I&#039;ve an extremely large collection of high grade U.S. Silver coins that have been in storage for more than 60 years, pulled from hundreds of coin bags purchased at a premium from Gold/Silver sales firms.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I started &quot;accumulating&quot;, there wasn&#039;t common knowledge about the long-term effects of the storage wrapping, and buyers wanted to be able to see every coin in a bag.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were stored in clear plastic food-storage bags.</p><p><br /></p><p>Decades later when opening the ammunition cans with the bags, many coins in AU+ condition, closest to the bag inner surface were completely Black, violating the 1977 published standard for a high grade coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was disappointed, but many buyers loved the uniform &quot;patina&quot;/oxidization/discoloring on flawless coins without wear-sign.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, coins with gross &quot;bag-marks&quot; are given high grades because of their uneven &quot;toning&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Anything to earn a buck&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally finally decided that collecting Mint-State eventually-certified pre-1933 U.S. Gold that could receive a CAC &quot;bean&quot; or PQ in the future, was a better wealth-storage process.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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