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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1300718, member: 112&quot;]Nor was I trying to claim that UV does affect metals. The UV part was sidetrack of the original discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p>The real question of this thread is about displaying coins out in the open in your home. And I have said, 3 times now, the coins being in the light is in and of itself a minor concern, as long as the coins are not in direct sunlight. Even the OP has assured us that he keeps the coins completely out of direct sunlight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even so, any book on the subject that you care to pick up will tell you that your coins are best stored in a coll, dark, place where the temperature rarely changes. Now what that means is that you don&#039;t store your coins out in open in your home.</p><p><br /></p><p>A dark place is recommended so there will never be a chance of the coins being accidentally placed in the sunlight. But vastly more important than that is that the coins need to kept out of the ambient air in your home. For that is where the real danger to your coins lies. For out in open you cannot control the humidity, you cannot control the temperature changes, and you cannot control the various particulates in the ambient air inside your home.</p><p><br /></p><p>Forget the light, that is why storing coins out in the open is a bad idea. But if you recognize that and want to do it anyway - hey, have at it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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