The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 7, February 10, 2002, Article 10

LACQUERING PROBLEMS

  Ed Krivoniak writes: "Regarding Dick Johnson's email lauding
  the lacquering of coins, I have a few words to say.   Every
  lacquered coin I have purchased over the years has had
  major problems when the lacquer was removed.  These
  problems are mainly many large scratches over the entire
  surface of the coins. They were probably caused by
  improper cleaning of the coin originally.

  The problem with lacquering is not that heavy concentrations
  of the lacquer are unsightly but that the lacquer fills up the
  crevices and makes the damage impossible to see.

  This has also happened in modern times with dealers wiping
  nose oil on the surfaces of Morgan dollars to remove hairlines
  and trying to get a higher grade."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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