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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7911123, member: 112&quot;]It doesn&#039;t have to because there are two sides to the cardboard - in other words the gasses are already inside the mylar, with the coin, and the mylar helps keep them there - with the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I understand what you&#039;re saying, and what said about wear in a subsequent post. But there&#039;s even more to it than that with Saflips, and other archival flips as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Archival quality flips have 4 basic downsides. 1 - low protection value, 2 - wear resulting from movement within the flip, 3 - because the plastic is hard it has very sharp edges and it can easily scratch or hairline coins when they are put into or taken out of the flips, 4 - again because the plastic is hard, it almost always breaks where the two sides fold after a few openings and closings requiring they be replaced with new flips - which will do the same of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>And what I&#039;m explaining is for the benefit of people who are unaware of all these things. </p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to recommended coin storage I typically explain things in the same following way, by asking 2 simple questions. You can pick any coin in your collection, and if that coin had cost you 50 cents more when you bought it - would you still have purchased it ? And, if a coin is worthy of being in your collection to begin with, is it not worth spending 50 cents to protect it to the very best of your ability ?</p><p><br /></p><p>In almost every case, when asked, people answer yes to both questions. And given that, it leaves them with only 1 answer - use individual, hard plastic coin holders to store your coins - because they are <u>the one and only</u> choice for coin holders that do not have all the downsides <u>all other choices</u> have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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