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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3273084, member: 10461&quot;]2x2 Mylar holders should be good for a few decades, usually.&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought lots from old collections that were in 50-year-old holders and the coins were mostly fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, one thing you&#039;ll want to make absolutely <i>sure</i> you do is <b>crimp all of the staples completely flat</b>.&nbsp; If you used a regular stapler instead of a flat-clinch model, your staples will need to be crimped.&nbsp; This can be done by pinching them flat with a pair of pliers.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the staples are<i> not</i> crimped and catch on something, you can have a situation where one of the staple ends bends outward and ends up protruding like a dagger, waiting to fatally scratch whatever other coins come in proximity to the holder with the rogue staple.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1914-d-sad-staple-scratch.44833/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1914-d-sad-staple-scratch.44833/">Staple scratches are tragic.</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/1914d-obv-rev-collage-jpg.36617/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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