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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 489464, member: 112&quot;]Light equates to heat, that&#039;s basically all it amounts to. So when it is said that you should store your coins in a cool, dark place, then rather obviously sunlight would be bad. Sunlight creates a huge amount of radiant heat. That spot on the carpet where the sun shines through your window - that spot can be 40 degrees, or more, hotter than the ambient air in the room. Now imagine if that sunlight hit the storage container you use for your coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>And no, the lights in your house aren&#039;t going to damage the coins unless they shine directly onto them. But for the lights in your house to be able to hit the coins at all means that your coins are stored out in the open part of the room. You don&#039;t want to do that - not because of the lights, but because of everything else. The air changes, the temperature changes, the humidity changes - all of that is bad for your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you store your coins in a safe (or other container) tucked away in the closet then everything remains as stable and consistent as it can be. Sunlight doesn&#039;t get to the closet, air vents don&#039;t get to the closet, the humidity stays relatively constant because the air doesn&#039;t circulate well in there. </p><p><br /></p><p>So in simplest terms, store your coins in a cool, dark place. It doesn&#039;t get any easier than that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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