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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;houston_ray, post: 37986, member: 1943&quot;]Here&#039;s a general question for the forum member experts:</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s your recommendation re long-term storage of circulated coins?&nbsp; Specifically duplicates that are not already in an archival-type album or slabbed.&nbsp; Just regular old garden-variety G to XF American copper, nickel or silver coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>Soft plastic flips are good for short term, but they can cause PVC damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hard plastic flips won&#039;t cause PVC damage, but can scratch a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The PCGS grading book cautions that using cardboard holders (with a window) can damage a coins due to little flecks of cardboard caught between the clear window and the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plastic coin tubes can scratch up surfaces as the coins rub together flat to flat surfaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>A cloth bag might be ok, except its a devil to find the one coin you want if you have to go through a whole bag of oddball coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago, they used to use little paper envelopes sometimes.&nbsp; They often &quot;toned&quot; a coin: similar to the way the old Whitman folders used to on the reverses of the coins &quot;pushed in&quot; to the cardboard side of the folder.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s your verdict?&nbsp; I&#039;ve been out of coin collecting for many years, but really getting back into it now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Houston_Ray[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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