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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3046107, member: 112&quot;]Perfect, no. But there are much better things you can do than to store your coins in albums of any kind. </p><p><br /></p><p>You have to first understand the basics. For example, what are the enemies of coins ? Air, and the all the contaminants and moisture in air, - that&#039;s the answer. So to protect your coins as best you can you have to combat these things by keeping as much air as possible from getting to your coins. Then you also have to realize that certain things add to what those contaminants in the air are. Things like paper or cardboard contain large amounts of sulfur and sulfur is particularly bad for coins. The only exceptions are archival quality paper and cardboard - but almost none is. So any form of paper or cardboard is bad for your coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another is PVC plasticizers. Pretty much everybody knows about coin flips that contain them and the dangers they present. But what some don&#039;t realize is that a lot of other things contain it too. Things like vinyl coin pages - just about all of them contain it. If it says vinyl anywhere, you can bet it does. So none of them should be used either. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once you know that much the rest is mostly just common sense. No paper, no cardboard, no vinyl - can be anywhere in proximity to your coins. And it&#039;s not direct contact that you have to worry about - it&#039;s proximity that you have to worry about. This is because these things put of gasses, it is the gasses that do the harm because they are in the air and the air gets to your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, any hard plastic coin holder, what I mean by that is any brand, is what you need to use for each individual coin. These holders are intert, they do not put off any gasses that can harm your coins. They also protect your coins from contact damage. And they greatly restrict the amount of air that can get to your coins. No they do not stop the air because all plastic is air permeable - which means the air can go right through the face of the plastic. BUT - at a much lower rate than it would do so if that coin holder were not there. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are using one of these hard plastic coin holders, you still can&#039;t use or have paper, cardboard, or vinyl anywhere near. Because of you the gasses will still get to your coins. So you have to take your coins, in these holders, and then put them in some kind of container that can be sealed. Tupperware containers for example work quite well. Inside the container you also have to place silica gel packs to help reduce the humidity in the air and thus prevent it from getting to your coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then store this container in a cool, dark place where the temperature is consistent. Preferably away from any exterior wall. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do these things and you will have done as much as you can do to protect your coins. Don&#039;t and your coins are at risk.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It depends on the type of album of course but some are worse than others. The old style Whitman folders for example, those are about as bad as you can get. Not only because of the paper and cardboard, but also because the paper that covers the backside of the coin, and that is in direct contact with your coins, that paper is also covered with glue. And that glue is even more harmful to your coins than the cardboard is. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing is the thickness of the cardboard album pages - the thicker it is the more sulfur it contains. More cardboard equals more sulfur. Another variable is the outer covering of the album - a lot of them are vinyl of one kind or another. And vinyl contains PVC plasticizers - you know what that gets you.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, they are all bad, it&#039;s just that some are worse than others.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kind of. But the thing you have to understand is that all coins begin toning the moment after they are struck - all coins, every single one of them. And it is how you store them that determines just how fast that toning will progress. You can never stop toning, the best you can do is slow it down as much as you can. And you never know what form toning will take, it may turn out to be dark and ugly or it may be a thing of beauty - but you will never know until it is too late to do anything about it short of dipping your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your choice is simple, you can take your chances and risk it. Or you can do as much as you can do to slow it down as much as possible. But in any event the choice is always yours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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