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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1407298, member: 5233&quot;]<b>Preservation of Coins in Airtities</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In the thread where I am asking about placing airtites in a Dansco...I mentioned possibly only using the foam ring and not the actual holder.&nbsp; Someone mentioned to me that by doing so, I would lose the preservation benefit of the airtite because I am not using the plastic holder.&nbsp; I was under the impression that airtities do little to preserve the coin except they have a hard shell to prevent mechanical damage.&nbsp; My understanding is that they really do nothing to prevent toning or other coin deterioration.&nbsp; I know that intercept shield holders are different in that respect, but I am specifically talking about round airtites with foam rings.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, my question is this.&nbsp; If I managed to place my collection in a Dansco album using the foam rings from airtites to size the holes (the coins are foreign and thus no properly cut Danscos exist)...would I be decreasing the preservation quality of the coins substantially verses having them stored in airtites?</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">edit - I merged the threads</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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