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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 27477, member: 68&quot;]The attrition on many moderns caused by handling, collectors, minting procedures, and neglect is staggering.&nbsp; The zinc pennies are corroding at an alarming rate. The &#039;68 mint set cents are universally carbon spotted.&nbsp; Apparently every single Philly cent in these sets has at least small carbon spots on both sides.&nbsp; 95% of them are so ugly that most collectors would simply not use them.&nbsp; This may seem inconsequential to most people since few collect modern coins and there are substantial numbers of rolls set aside, but well struck gems are very rare in rolls.&nbsp; Perhaps the only true high grades of these will be the small handful that were removed from packaging and cleaned before they got spotted.&nbsp; Other coins have suffered in large numbers also and some of them are not found in rolls because hey simply weren&#039;t set aside initially in any significant numbers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Today we have far better materials for storing coins than ever before but collectors tend to pay far less attention to safe handling.&nbsp; Even here though, some of the materials in use today have not proven their value in the long term.&nbsp; Others have been found to be wholly inadequate only after great damage has been done.&nbsp; Try finding a 1975 Japanese mint set in pristine condition or better yet any of the coins from this set.&nbsp; The plastic simply ruined the coins very slowly so now finding nice japanese coins from 1975 is quite difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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