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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3730917, member: 112&quot;]Odd, you need to understand something that a lot of folks either are not aware of or tend to forget. Namely that coins are not made with great precision, and neither are the Air-Tite holders. Point being that if one or the other, or both, are even slightly off in size - and that is quite common - then the coin simply will not fit correctly in the holder. They either won&#039;t go in, or if they do go in they fit too tightly and they are a real bugger to get back out, or they rattle around inside because they don&#039;t fit snugly. Both of these things are bad of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>This issue is precisely why they make the foam rings to begin with - to solve that problem. The foam rings are intentionally made just a tiny bit smaller than the size coin they were designed for. When you place the coin inside the ring, it is held snugly so the coin cannot move. But yet it is easy to get back out.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only reason they make the direct fit holders is because of the chocolate and vanilla syndrome - some simply don&#039;t like the way the coins &quot;look&quot; inside the foam rings. In other words, &quot;looks&quot; are more important to them than function. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is for that very same reason, &quot;looks&quot;, that collectors choose whatever storage methods they use. &quot;Looks&quot;, and sometimes cost, are more important to them than the fact their particular choice of storage medium is harmful to the coins. So they choose albums, flips, paper envelopes, folders, 2x2s, coin tubes, etc etc etc, even though all of these things are harmful to the coins they love.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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