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<p>[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 252065, member: 9474"]Thanks everyone who got back with me. I do have a scanner, but it is going to take some tricky wiring, because I have a wireless printer system in my house.... the downside is that the scanner dosen't work unless I hook it up directly to my computer. I'll see what I can do. As far as the spots, under a 16x loupe, they look like the coin is tarnishing, but just very spotty. Not an even, gradual tone. The corrosion looks more like a rust spot. I guess I need to get these scanned in. </p><p> </p><p>I had a very restless night sleep last night, because I kept thinking that if I want to pass this collection down to my kids, then I probably should slab them. But that is going to be super expensive because I will only get PCGS. Keep in mind that I have nearly.....and I mean nearly every modern proof comm coins and almost all the UNC comm silver dollars and half dollars. (I am only missing about 5 proof gold coins, all the UNC gold coins and a few silver and half dollars) That's a lot of coins to get slabbed. And I'm not just going to slab just the best ones - I will have to slab them all - everything has to be the same. (this is due to my obsessive personality :goofer: ) Anyway, some more input would be great on the group's opinion. </p><p>Joe[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 252065, member: 9474"]Thanks everyone who got back with me. I do have a scanner, but it is going to take some tricky wiring, because I have a wireless printer system in my house.... the downside is that the scanner dosen't work unless I hook it up directly to my computer. I'll see what I can do. As far as the spots, under a 16x loupe, they look like the coin is tarnishing, but just very spotty. Not an even, gradual tone. The corrosion looks more like a rust spot. I guess I need to get these scanned in. I had a very restless night sleep last night, because I kept thinking that if I want to pass this collection down to my kids, then I probably should slab them. But that is going to be super expensive because I will only get PCGS. Keep in mind that I have nearly.....and I mean nearly every modern proof comm coins and almost all the UNC comm silver dollars and half dollars. (I am only missing about 5 proof gold coins, all the UNC gold coins and a few silver and half dollars) That's a lot of coins to get slabbed. And I'm not just going to slab just the best ones - I will have to slab them all - everything has to be the same. (this is due to my obsessive personality :goofer: ) Anyway, some more input would be great on the group's opinion. Joe[/QUOTE]
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