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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1267548, member: 19423&quot;]I&#039;ve had many Danscos, new and old, w/ and w/o the slipcases.&nbsp; They all have the potential to tone your coins.&nbsp; If you&#039;re putting high grade coins in the albums, especially proofs, expect them to tone.&nbsp; Sometime the toning can be attractive, but sometimes it&#039;s really ugly.&nbsp; The anti-corrosion slipcase does absolutely nothing to stop toning in my experience.&nbsp; Sure storage of the albums may speed up or slow down the toning, but the album itself is absolute a catalyst.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Just about every silver proof coin I&#039;ve put into a Dansco has developed yellow/golden toning after a couple of years, sometimes it looks ok, but sometimes it develops unevenly and is just ugly, basically ruining a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very nice Steel Cent that I cracked out of a PCGS MS66 holder to put in a Dansco has turned into a really ugly coin after about 3-4 years.&nbsp; The original bright luster is pretty much gone and a haziness has developed over the entire coin and it looks like an MS62 coin now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several high grade Lincoln Cents I put in Danscos (MS65RD/MS66RD coins) have toned to the point where they would no longer be considered full red examples and would likely be RB coins.&nbsp; This can really hurt the value of some of the coins as you may know.&nbsp; However, in many cases the toning is pretty attractive and I wasn&#039;t playing around with key dates so the total value of the coin may actually increase as a nice toned RB is sometimes worth more than a plain boring RD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Accordingly, after my experiences, I no longer put high grade stuff or proofs in Danscos.&nbsp; Just not worth the risk of losing value on the coins and not worth the risk of the coins turning ugly.&nbsp; Moreover, with higher grade coins and proofs, there is the added risk of the plastic slides damaging the coins if you&#039;re not really careful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still have Danscos w/ circulated silver coins (VF and below) and circulated Lincolns and have noticed no significant changes in those coins over the years.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing that its just easier to notice the changes on the higher grade stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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