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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1300741, member: 29751"]Sunlight is made of more than UV radiation. For example, have you heard of the VISIBLE light spectrum?? The degradation of things made of cloth (proteins) or polymers (plastics/polyester, most carpets, curtains, etc) can occur because eletromagnetic radiation causes their corrosion. My point was that just because a curtain made of basically an extruded plastic fades, this has <i><b>nothing </b></i>to do with the possible effects of light on <i><b>metals</b></i>. You're comparing apples to oranges.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, we fundamentally agree that other elements are far more important, and thus it's still just a personal preference of the OP. As a disclosure, I don't store my coins in plain sight anywhere for the mere fact that I don't care for that many people to know that I collect coins. It's one things to share the hobby with a YN or a close friend; it's quite another thing to broadcast to the world that you likely have "more where that came from". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1300741, member: 29751"]Sunlight is made of more than UV radiation. For example, have you heard of the VISIBLE light spectrum?? The degradation of things made of cloth (proteins) or polymers (plastics/polyester, most carpets, curtains, etc) can occur because eletromagnetic radiation causes their corrosion. My point was that just because a curtain made of basically an extruded plastic fades, this has [I][B]nothing [/B][/I]to do with the possible effects of light on [I][B]metals[/B][/I]. You're comparing apples to oranges. At any rate, we fundamentally agree that other elements are far more important, and thus it's still just a personal preference of the OP. As a disclosure, I don't store my coins in plain sight anywhere for the mere fact that I don't care for that many people to know that I collect coins. It's one things to share the hobby with a YN or a close friend; it's quite another thing to broadcast to the world that you likely have "more where that came from". ;)[/QUOTE]
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