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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 109493, member: 112&quot;]Of more concern than the glass, which is harmless, is the material that will be holding the coins. I&#039;m assuming that you will be using something similar to an album page to place the coins into and then frame that. Usually this is a paper product of some kind, and almost all paper contains acids and/or sulphur and other chemicals. That&#039;s why coins tone when you place them into albums. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now what you might do is to get yourself an actual album page that is made of archival quality paper. These pages don&#039;t have the chemicals, acids and sulphur.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next you need to consider the frame. If you want wood, certian woods put of chemicals too - as do the glues, stains and varnishes on the wood. So I would recommend a metal frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>All too often collectors forget that the most common everyday items can and will be harmful to coins. At the very least, they will cause toning. Now if you like toning - that can be a good thing, sometimes. For even then you never know how that toning will turn out - it could be quite ugly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just some other things to think about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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