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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1786708, member: 112&quot;]What&#039;s wrong with wood ? All wood puts off gasses that are harmful to coins. And yes, coin cabinets were used by collectors for centuries. But that doesn&#039;t mean it was a good thing. Collectors also used to take their coins and harshly clean them, polish them up with a rag or cloth every so often too, and that wasn&#039;t a good thing either. And a big part of the reason they did this was because the improper storage methods they used, and coin cabinets were just one of them, caused their coins to tone excessively. And they didn&#039;t like it. So out would come the rags and polishing cloths.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Coin cabinets also had other detrimental properties. The felt and velvet liners used inside them caused hairlines and undue wear on the coins when the coins would slide and move around every time the drawer was opened. The glues used to hold that material to the wood also put off harmful gasses. And the coin cabinets did not protect the coins from the air at all. So the smoke from wood and coal fires for heat and cooking also got to the coins daily. So when you think those coins were preserved in the coin cabinets, they weren&#039;t preserved at all. They were merely stored in them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Today, we know better. That&#039;s why nobody, otr almost nobody, uses them anymore.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for your cigar boxes, yeah, that&#039;s a bad idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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