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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2283773, member: 76111&quot;]It&#039;s my opinion that Abafil cases are completely safe.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got some coins that have been in them for 10 years and all are just fine.&nbsp; Some have toned somewhat, which is completely natural and a very good thing IMO.&nbsp; Some haven&#039;t budged an inch off of bright white (which sucks!).&nbsp; &quot;Cabinet toning&quot; is often used as a positive descriptor in silver coins but I&#039;m personally not convinced how much most cabinets have to do with it.&nbsp; I think it has more to do with the quality of the surfaces of the coin than the typical storage methods.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is how a museum stores coins; metal trays with the coins in cardboard boxes on top of various types of paper tags.&nbsp; This is at the American Numismatic Society.&nbsp; There are several very rare Imperatorials in this tray and this is probably a couple million dollars worth of coins in this tray alone.&nbsp; Check out the toning on some of these coins - they&#039;re black!&nbsp; Some of the brighter ones have been in this collection for many decades and are harshly cleaned so they will probably never tone beyond their current state.&nbsp; Believe it or not, many belonged to the famous collector Edward T. Newell and the curator at the ANS told me that &quot;he was a cleaner&quot; while shaking his head.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, does this look like any way to pamper a multi million dollar collection of ancient coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember that your coins have been stored in the elements for 2000 years. Unless you&#039;re completely reckless, your preferred storage method for the next few decades is probably completely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]456913[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]456935[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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