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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3156261, member: 71723&quot;]Again, copper IS a special case. It is more reactive than either silver or gold, and we never did pure nickel in this country (Canada did), so most of &quot;copper&quot; includes 5-cent pieces. They are ALMOST as reactive as cents, but not quite.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 100+ year old silver and gold coins that are shiny as all git out that are perfectly okay. As one example, just shy of 16,000 new ones are about to be rolled out to (inflicted upon?) the hobby next week. Silver has a fighting chance if handled well. Gold makes its own luck by being NEARLY inert.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a snarky irreverent line with a nugget of truth - What causes toning? Carelessness.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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