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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 8143682, member: 90692&quot;]A neutral color, like gray, is a better background color.&nbsp; White will throw your color balance off, depending on your equipment and magnification.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I use gray for brown and red brown cents, and black for gold and silver, although, maroon for gold is great.&nbsp; Royal Blue works well too for both gold and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with [USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] that there is deterioration going on, at the date and mint mark, but also on all the other letters on the periphery on both sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have made this comment before:&nbsp; Just because a coin looks new doesn’t mean it is collectible, imo.&nbsp; There are all kinds of reasons a newly minted coin should be rejected as a keeper, among die deterioration you can have a weak strike, faulty luster, spotting and planchet flaws.&nbsp; All of these can make a coin unappealing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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