Do You Often Notice Pieces Of Lint (string) On Coins?

stman

I notice small pieces of lint, (strings) once in a while when viewing a coin up close and personal. Is it from the dies being polished
at the mint, previous people viewing the coin with ragged clothing, or am I looking to close? I am serious though. I figure it must be
a combination of the dies being polished during production, and me looking too close at the coin.

earlwbollinger

Static cling -- coins, plastic holders, etc; just sucks the lint to it like crazy.
Those coins that get handled are typically handled using cloth cotton gloves. So some bits of lint is very likely.
In my house you have to watch out for dog hair, it's everywhere and it always plops down on something you don't want it to.

Russ

Personally, I think lint strike-thrus kind of cool. One of my favorite coins has a prominent one in the left obverse field.

Russ, NCNE

richbeat

Yes, sometimes when I pull the coins out of my pants pocket.

BowTieCoins

Yes, sometimes when I pull the coins out of my pants pocket.



Katrina