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Did they coat the coal in something? How did they not get grubby fingers from it?
Did they coat the coal in something? How did they not get grubby fingers from it?
Probably the coal promoter who handed it to them had washed it, and maybe waxed it or covered it in fixative to make the publicity stunt work better. Bit of a metaphor for the whole process.
Yes, I believe it was lacquered and given to them by a coal lobby group.