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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2261700, member: 112&quot;]BATTERup646 - I&#039;m going to give you, and anybody else willing to listen, a piece of advice here.</p><p><br /></p><p>While coin boards, folders, and albums, are one of the most popular methods for organizing, storing and displaying a collection they are also arguably the worst thing ever invented for coins. I say that because (and I&#039;ll just albums to cover them all) albums are responsible for damaging and or destroying more coins than just about any other single thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all the vast majority of them are made of materials that are harmful to coins. From the sulfur laden cardboard, to the cardboard dust, to the glue that holds them together, to the plastic slides, to no protection from the elements, to the very act of putting coins into or taking them out of the albums - all of these things harm the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But even if you buy the albums made of archival materials, even those still have all of the other problems.</p><p><br /></p><p>People like albums because it makes it easy to organize your coins. But mostly they like them for their display properties - all of your coins are right there to see all nicely labeled and pretty looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that nice display comes at a cost, and a cost that cannot be avoided. What are the primary enemies of coins ? Air, moisture, and contact contaminants - and albums provide no protection from any of them. Quite the opposite in fact, they enhance these things. The albums don&#039;t keep any air out or limit it, or keep it away from the coins, even simple movement of the album causes air to be drawn in to the coins. The dry cardboard will attract, even draw moisture (humidity) out of the very air and put it into direct contact with the coins. And the contact contaminants are built right in to the albums. Any movement of the albums produces friction between the pages, and between the coins and the albums. That friction produces cardboard dust, and that dust gets on the coins. Any further movement of the album can cause that dust to hairline or scratch the coins, right along with the plastic slides. And yet collectors will gladly subject their coins to these things that will absolutely harm the coins - just because they like the way it looks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just can&#039;t see the sense in that. Especially since there are options that remove all of those things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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