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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silvrluvr, post: 338619, member: 4204&quot;]I just watched the video from the original poster&#039;s link.&nbsp; These guys not covering their mouth and noses to prevent people breath and spittle from getting on the coins is one of the stupidest things I&#039;ve ever seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve spent my whole life working in the semiconductor manufacturing business...and preventing any particulate matter is paramount to the best yield of computer chips.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know I&#039;m comparing apples to oranges, but, I&#039;d much rather have particles of dust on my coin than the possibility of corrosion causing materials on my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once it&#039;s slabbed, it&#039;s gonna have problems.&nbsp; How many slabbed coins have a nasty spot or two just from being graded and encapsulated because something from the grader&#039;s breath or body got on the coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t own any slabbed coins and I know it&#039;s a necessary evil, but what if an expensive coin gets one tiny spot on it because the grader&#039;s don&#039;t protect them from contamination?</p><p><br /></p><p>If I ran PCGS, every coin would be opened in a cleanroom type environment and every person in that environment would be required to wear shielding at least on the face...and NO cups of coffee allowed near the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m rambling...sorry.</p><p><br /></p><p>-Jeff[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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