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<p>[QUOTE="onecenter, post: 3920604, member: 8703"]Has any of our fellow collectors purchased coin sets only to find, when you open the mail package, the strong odor of mold? This evening I received three San Marino uncirculated sets with the strongest mold odor imaginable. The 1987 and 1988 sets were coated in greenish brown dust but with the coins were protected in their sleeves. The plastic package has been cleaned of all mold.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third set, a 1993 San Marino set was pristine and looked as if the previous owner never opened the set or even removed it from the sleeve. The aluminum coins were found to be a light dusty gray and the bimetallic 500-lire piece has a green growth on both the obverse and reverse of the aluminum-brass center.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can or should this set be opened or should I just go find another 1993 set?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="onecenter, post: 3920604, member: 8703"]Has any of our fellow collectors purchased coin sets only to find, when you open the mail package, the strong odor of mold? This evening I received three San Marino uncirculated sets with the strongest mold odor imaginable. The 1987 and 1988 sets were coated in greenish brown dust but with the coins were protected in their sleeves. The plastic package has been cleaned of all mold. The third set, a 1993 San Marino set was pristine and looked as if the previous owner never opened the set or even removed it from the sleeve. The aluminum coins were found to be a light dusty gray and the bimetallic 500-lire piece has a green growth on both the obverse and reverse of the aluminum-brass center. Can or should this set be opened or should I just go find another 1993 set?[/QUOTE]
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