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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wasjr, post: 4954095, member: 115410&quot;]Thank you all for the advice, and it seems consistent with leaving them alone except to use modern storage - which I will do for at least the more valuable issues as soon as possible.&nbsp; I&#039;m actually relieved to hear cleaning would be detrimental!&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t something I was looking forward to do HAHA&nbsp; I did find that the only dark blue folders he had left were for foreign coins.&nbsp; All the others were empty, so he had already transferred the coins to the &quot;Library Of Coins&quot; type albums.&nbsp; They do have some sort of plastic strips holding the coins in place, but have no clue of the PVC content.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, I have started to inventory everything which was what prompted the question about toning - especially on the unc sets, which I was surprised to see.&nbsp; When I bought software to inventory my stamp collection, I bought the coin module at the same time. </p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, no, this collection for me is just nostalgia and conservation and not another hobby.&nbsp; I remember as a young kid, he would be going through his coins while I would be working on my stamps.&nbsp; It&#039;s odd to think that I am now twice as old as when he died!&nbsp; It&#039;s probably heresy to say here, but my stamp collection will probably take the rest of my life to get everything into albums and I would like to see that completed, plus I also collect trains - so I have little time for working on the coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have included a picture of one of the albums that the coins are kept in, plus another showing the proof sets look OK, but the unc sets are toning.&nbsp; These particular sets are better than some, but I have already inventoried the others that looked toned.&nbsp; The coins in tubes are much worse and will need more immediate transfer.&nbsp; I still haven&#039;t looked at the coins in the envelopes or white mounts yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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