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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dollar1948, post: 561302, member: 17239&quot;]Hi, Ive been trying to nail down MS, AND BU examples of Lincoln cents, and have been doing quite well with the endeavour.</p><p>From working backwards I have a complete set (all mint marks, and all 1982 varieties-will tackel remaining varietes later) from 2009 to 1945. All of these coins have a bright shiny lustre like the day they came out of the roll. From glancing at the small indicators I wrote on the back of the 2 x 2&#039;s they are in, it appears I never paid more than 1.95 US from ebay for any of them. I am cognisant that as I continue to work backwards in date, the cost of collecting in this manner will skyrocket.</p><p>Now, I also have some examples of some older Lincolns (ie 1937P, 1941P) that have a lovely BU grade and lustre and may perhaps hit a MS grade, but the shade of the colouring is somewhat different. Tho I love it still, and I love looking at them, they have taken on somewhat of a more &#039;golden&#039; colouring to them. They are not as intence in colour as their counterparts. </p><p>My question is, is there a way I can conserve all of these coins from ever changing their appearance into what has occured with the 1937 and 1941? Once again I still love that look, but I much prefer looking at them when they are all uniform in colour. All of these coins have been securely placed in well sealed 2 x 2 &#039;s and transported into those by using a rubber edged tweezers so Im hoping fingerprints won&#039;t slowly appear down the road. Will that be enough?</p><p>Im thinking someone may suggest airtights but even tho I have never priced it, I&#039;m concerned the cost of doing so may be quite high for both the plastic airtights and the associated album.</p><p>Maybe theres no way around it, and its part of collecting. </p><p>I love the look of toned coins, but I much prefer toning on silver coins. For these cents, I would much prefer to have a uninformed colouring. Its great flipping through all of these pages and having the bright colours burning into your retinas. :kewl:</p><p>Thanks for any suggestions.</p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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