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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 524215, member: 2972&quot;]I avoid hairlines pressing very lightly.&nbsp; If the fit is tight, I&#039;ll place a PecPad (a microfiber cloth made for cleaning lenses and camera sensors) over the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you don&#039;t have to push hard with Dansco&#039;s -- it&#039;s not like the old Whitman or WR or LOC albums.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, you do need to be very careful closing the acetate cover as you can put hairlines on the coins very easily -- just be sure the coin is sitting &quot;down&quot; in the hole before you close it.</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, you have to be careful, but it can&nbsp; be done.&nbsp; That said, I wouldn&#039;t recommend it for truly rare or expensive coins, but for the coins I keep in these albums (generally under $200, and averaging much less), I have no concern with damaging them (and thusfar haven&#039;t).</p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun...Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. one of the things you DO need to worry about is cardboard dust settling on the coin -- particularly a reactive coin like the OP&#039;s SAE.&nbsp; Again, I use a photography tool to get rid of it -- a blower/brush combo like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.livingroom.org.au/photolog/images/thumbnails/Lens_Blower_Brush.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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