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Message:: [QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2556906, member: 1892"]Atmosphere - both the oxygen and the trace elements of pollutants it holds - is the enemy of a pure silver coin. If you store your coins in non-airtight containers, there will always be the chance of oxidation affecting them. There are airtight containers available for coins, and you can minimize the chance of "bad" atmosphere affecting them by (for instance) keeping them away from situations where outgassed chemicals are in the environment. Like storing them with a gun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> "Clashing" is a strike event where two dies come together without a planchet to be struck between them. When it happens, some of the design elements on the one die get impressed onto the other, and that die then strikes those transferred elements onto future planchets. Here's a Morgan Dollar clashing overlay: [ATTACH=full]550614[/ATTACH] The reverse die would have struck the obverse looking like that. See the line of the top of the wing intersecting with the neck? That line has been struck onto the obverse die of your coin, and then onto the coin itself. You can see the line extending down and left of the neck on your coin, and that's what people are talking about.[/QUOTE]