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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1300077, member: 31533&quot;]I think being a collector you will have some damage to the coins just by having them out and looking at them, but you just have to minimize it, since absolutely nothing remains the same over time. Barring some unforseen disaster, I&#039;ll be long gone before my coins (being handled as items I enjoy looking at) deteriorate due to UV light or other environmental hazards. If you keep the coins as well as you can then they will be there for you to enjoy. Whether you&#039;ve taken good enough care of them for them to be enjoyed generations from now in the same state you currently have them is a different story. And no one will know if their collection will stand the test of time. That measurement can only be seen looking from the future to the past. So displaying the coins in a manner that is pleasing to you is important, even if it does affect the coins. If your coin is important to you to display for you to enjoy, then display it in the manner you want to. Just be aware that you may choose a display that inadvertently mars your beauty and it may not be what you want years from now. If it&#039;s more important to you to &quot;keep it safe&quot; from harm, then take pictures of it, protect it as best you can, and enjoy the pictures. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think that there are more harmful things to coins than the artificial lights or natural light allowed in the house --- unless you deliberately place coins in sunlight for extended periods of time. And I agree that placing coins for display in visible areas give more chance for someone to think they want to take it. </p><p><br /></p><p>But, bottom line. Science can prove light hurts objects, but if the only way you will enjoy the coin is if you place it in light, then by all means do so. Just don&#039;t expect the coin to remain pristine over time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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