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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3237288, member: 15309&quot;]Yes, these are acceptable forms of coin storage that will protect the coins surfaces from getting hit, bumped, scratched etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, this is acceptable because it is unreasonable to expect someone to create an vacuum environment for their coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NO, this is not OK.&nbsp; I stated this in another thread.&nbsp; Coins are valuables and should be treated as such.&nbsp; It is not acceptable to stuff your coins in a hot/humid attic and treat them the way you treat your high school yearbook.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It makes perfect sense.&nbsp; If you store your coins improperly, and they get ruined by forming AT/QT, then you deserve for your coins to be relegated to be problem coins.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t matter that the grader doesn&#039;t know how you stored your coins.&nbsp; All he knows is that your coin is AT/QT.&nbsp; But because you ignored your responsibility to protect your own valuables, you don&#039;t get to claim that you had no INTENT to tone your coins as an excuse to claim they aren&#039;t AT/QT.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First things first, INTENT is not a factor in grading, because the grader doesn&#039;t know your intent.</p><p><br /></p><p>The choice of storage method includes not only the protective device (eg album, roll, flip, 2X2, envelope etc.) but also the atmospheric environment (eg temperature/humidity controlled or not).&nbsp; Maybe we should insist that the TPGs add the following disclaimer to their back label &quot;store in a cool dry place.&quot;&nbsp; Ya know, like we do with a million other products that need protection from the environment.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Improper storage is any condition where you fail to protect your coins from both mechanical or environmental damage.&nbsp; It should be noted that toning by itself is not considered environmental damage, but AT/QT is, and should be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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