by caubeck » Nov 18th, '04, 22:18
Hi Tom,
Right, that's what I was hoping someone might say: handling makes perfect. I don't own any expanded shells etc. so I wasn't entirely sure.
Eddie says in his leaflet that I should keep the coin dry, wipe it after each handling etc. to keep its "fine finish" so I suppose that doing the opposite, in moderation, will dull it down a bit.
For the stage or for performance in public I am sure a nice shiny surface would look wonderful, but for my own dark purposes a coin that blends in with the others in my pocket makes me feel more confident to take it out. Shells never sound right anyway, so to draw any more attention to it would be a bit self-defeating.
Thanks for the advice. I'll leave your experiment for someone else to try, though!