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<p>[QUOTE="Spark1951, post: 2974742, member: 90692"]Hey gang! Just checked the six 65s I have but all were single dot and not doubled date. My best coin is Au58+RD so a great coin to use for comparison. one of the six had a weak dot but its graded (by yours truly, btw) at 55.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traci...great info from CT, I was going to offer "wear cotton gloves" but another member beat me to it. You said there was no rush to get them out of the rolls, and I sort of agree since they will not be shifting around, just be careful and take your time. However, getting them at least into flips as a minimum will help preserve them against rubbing together. I was gifted 2 rolls of 1969-S cents in the 70s and I was in the military so I must have moved 20 times since then. I finally opened the rolls in 2011 looking for the famous DDO and discovered every coin had some sort of coin roll damage. Since then every coin I keep goes in a flip. ALL of my Morgan and Peace dollars are in Airtites</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Talk Forum...I have been a member for only a few months but have read every post since then and have learned TONS from our experts. So much, in fact, that it has spurred a paradigm shift in how I approach numismatism. And I've been collecting since the early 1960s!</p><p><br /></p><p>Kudos to Coin Talk![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Spark1951, post: 2974742, member: 90692"]Hey gang! Just checked the six 65s I have but all were single dot and not doubled date. My best coin is Au58+RD so a great coin to use for comparison. one of the six had a weak dot but its graded (by yours truly, btw) at 55. Traci...great info from CT, I was going to offer "wear cotton gloves" but another member beat me to it. You said there was no rush to get them out of the rolls, and I sort of agree since they will not be shifting around, just be careful and take your time. However, getting them at least into flips as a minimum will help preserve them against rubbing together. I was gifted 2 rolls of 1969-S cents in the 70s and I was in the military so I must have moved 20 times since then. I finally opened the rolls in 2011 looking for the famous DDO and discovered every coin had some sort of coin roll damage. Since then every coin I keep goes in a flip. ALL of my Morgan and Peace dollars are in Airtites Coin Talk Forum...I have been a member for only a few months but have read every post since then and have learned TONS from our experts. So much, in fact, that it has spurred a paradigm shift in how I approach numismatism. And I've been collecting since the early 1960s! Kudos to Coin Talk![/QUOTE]
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