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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 619752, member: 68&quot;]I didn&#039;t address this adequately, please let me try again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Storage in rolls is poor for the long term.&nbsp; If the coins are loose in the roll them movement and even vibration can cause degradation.&nbsp; It&#039;s important, especially with proof rolls, to put in a spacer so that there&#039;s a little pressure on the coins so they can&#039;t move relative one another.&nbsp; Orienting them all obverse up will also help protect them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But if the proofs are handled carefully it will not leave marks on them.&nbsp; It&#039;s very important to not put fingerprints on them but these guys will either wear gloves or wash their hands and handle the coins by the edges.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what you&#039;d get if you ordered a roll of proofs from a dealer as I&#039;ve never seen such a roll.&nbsp; Quite possibly it would not be pretty.&nbsp; But the rolls that wholesale on the market which is a far larger share of this market are nice clean rolls.&nbsp; I have seen many of these and they are nice coins.&nbsp; Of course this is largely just because the proofs made by the mint are nice and the coins are not much affected just by taking them out of the plastic and being placed in tubes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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