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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 18294681, member: 24754"]And then there's the word "damaged".</p><p><br /></p><p>If the threshold is "<i>alteration of original surfaces</i>", then the nearly unavoidable oxidation process is also damage. Many collectors have fallen into the mindset that a blackened, 100-year-old, silver coin is "original". But the truth of the matter is that the original surface of that coin has been thoroughly altered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Considering that the coins are damaged either way, I'd prefer the version that is as aesthetically pleasing as possible (blast white). At the very least, this version provides the most realistic representation of what the coin actually looked like when it was minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, I'd ultimately prefer an example that had been sealed in a vacuum chamber since the second that it was minted, but that is not an option <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 18294681, member: 24754"]And then there's the word "damaged". If the threshold is "[I]alteration of original surfaces[/I]", then the nearly unavoidable oxidation process is also damage. Many collectors have fallen into the mindset that a blackened, 100-year-old, silver coin is "original". But the truth of the matter is that the original surface of that coin has been thoroughly altered. Considering that the coins are damaged either way, I'd prefer the version that is as aesthetically pleasing as possible (blast white). At the very least, this version provides the most realistic representation of what the coin actually looked like when it was minted. Of course, I'd ultimately prefer an example that had been sealed in a vacuum chamber since the second that it was minted, but that is not an option :(.[/QUOTE]
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