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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1031696, member: 112"]OK, if you say so. But regardless of what the lining is unless you have something there to restrict the movement of the coins against that padding they are going to get wear eventually if raw.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Slabbed coins of course will not show wear. However, you still have the issues of unsightly toning occuring even with slabbed coins since the slabs are not airtight. And that wood your cabinet appears to be made of is not mahogany, so there is danger in that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically everything in the cabinet can degas and cause harm or unsightly toning to the coins, the wood itself, the liner material, any padding, the glue etc etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>People quit using coin cabinets years ago for good reasons. None of those reasons have gone away. I will grant you, coin cabinets look cool and have a certain aesthetic appeal. But the question is, will your coins have that aesthetic appeal 10 or 15 years from now ? But to each his own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1031696, member: 112"]OK, if you say so. But regardless of what the lining is unless you have something there to restrict the movement of the coins against that padding they are going to get wear eventually if raw. Slabbed coins of course will not show wear. However, you still have the issues of unsightly toning occuring even with slabbed coins since the slabs are not airtight. And that wood your cabinet appears to be made of is not mahogany, so there is danger in that. Basically everything in the cabinet can degas and cause harm or unsightly toning to the coins, the wood itself, the liner material, any padding, the glue etc etc. People quit using coin cabinets years ago for good reasons. None of those reasons have gone away. I will grant you, coin cabinets look cool and have a certain aesthetic appeal. But the question is, will your coins have that aesthetic appeal 10 or 15 years from now ? But to each his own.[/QUOTE]
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