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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3056761, member: 71723"]Yeah, yeah, I 've got a few cents with lots of blue on them. Funny thing is - that blue WAS NOT THERE when they went into ANACS plastic, and now it is there. For over forty years they "lived" outside plastic, 10 of them in MY possession, and not a TRACE of blue. Three years in an ANACS (small slab) slab, and presto, BLUE! "Chemically inert materials" my backside!</p><p><br /></p><p>And don't get me started on what ANACS slabs did to proof nickels. Even with more recent experiences with PCGS and NGC, all that I see convinces me that slabs CAUSE toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>That'd be okay if I <b><i>LIKED</i></b> toning, but I don't. Lately I put ALL my slabbed coins in boxes with anti-toning junk in there with them. That's why I jump down people's throats when they post that slabs are "air tight". What they ought to have is tiny exhaust fans to rid the slab of the inherent contaminents![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3056761, member: 71723"]Yeah, yeah, I 've got a few cents with lots of blue on them. Funny thing is - that blue WAS NOT THERE when they went into ANACS plastic, and now it is there. For over forty years they "lived" outside plastic, 10 of them in MY possession, and not a TRACE of blue. Three years in an ANACS (small slab) slab, and presto, BLUE! "Chemically inert materials" my backside! And don't get me started on what ANACS slabs did to proof nickels. Even with more recent experiences with PCGS and NGC, all that I see convinces me that slabs CAUSE toning. That'd be okay if I [B][I]LIKED[/I][/B] toning, but I don't. Lately I put ALL my slabbed coins in boxes with anti-toning junk in there with them. That's why I jump down people's throats when they post that slabs are "air tight". What they ought to have is tiny exhaust fans to rid the slab of the inherent contaminents![/QUOTE]
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