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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2699794, member: 112&quot;]As Oldhoopster said, with staple scratches it is usually the staple in one 2x2 scratching the coin in another 2x2 as you either put 2x2s into or take them out of the box they are in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course scratches can also occur when you try to remove a coin from 2x2 it is already in, when you try to flatten down the staples in a 2x2, or even when a 2x2 is handled and it happens to come into contact with something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, the clear mylar is very thin, and a coin can be scratched right through that mylar, without even tearing the mylar itself. Coins can also acquire contact marks right through the mylar. This is because the mylar offers no protection to the coin. About the only thing the mylar does do is to keep dust off the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>And if the mylar itself does somehow happen to get torn, then the mylar itself can and will scratch the coin because mylar is very hard and has very sharp edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, cardboard 2x2s are one of the worst options there is for storing coins, and for all kinds of different reasons - not just scratches. But people like them because they are cheap and convenient. And most are not even aware of the dangers that 2x2s present to coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>What are those other dangers ? The cardboard causes toning, often ugly toning. Then there is cardboard dust which can hairline and or scratch the coin. Small cardboard particles that can hairline, scratch, or cause spots on the coin. And even if you try to make sure that there is not dust or particles inside when you put a coin in a 2x2, more dust and more particles will form inside the 2x2 with the coin just from ordinary handling and movement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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