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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 414943, member: 13650&quot;]Even if you use gloves it&#039;s going to damage the surface?&nbsp; Maybe on a microscopic level but nothing a professional grader is going to tell any difference over under 5x magnification.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; So far I only use the slide on one side and try to keep the coins buried as deep as possible below it.&nbsp; I rarely and carefully move slides.&nbsp; Maybe they might damage the highest points or the rim on a microscopic level but I&#039;m not putting proof coins in albums.&nbsp; I can&#039;t imagine, even for MS condition coins that these slides or cotton gloves are harsher than when they were bouncing around in mint bags with other coins.&nbsp; Which most have been through already.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe these methods would do more damage than what has already been done on a microscopic level, to the point where it lowers the value.&nbsp; My opinion.&nbsp; I&#039;m open to criticism on this.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; Humidity definitely is a concern.&nbsp; I keep mine at 20% where everything is.&nbsp; It&#039;s not zero but for summer around here, I can&#039;t do much better.&nbsp;&nbsp; You guys in the mountains are lucky.&nbsp;&nbsp; When I was in Loveland,CO I&#039;ve never been so thirsty in all my life.&nbsp; 15% in July. lol[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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