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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;marid3, post: 1553692, member: 35968&quot;]Agreed!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not the expert many here are, but here&#039;s my advice:&nbsp; <i><b>Use albums wisely</b></i>, and cautiously. Even the best albums, made of &#039;forever/safe&#039; materials still have intrinsic problems, most notably the slide scratching the surfaces, and the wear on the edges.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My best coins are slabbed, or in the queue to be slabbed (in flips now).&nbsp; This includes MS, Proof, Key and Semi-Key dates, old stuff, or just really nice, unique coins.&nbsp; By value, most of my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>By quantity, most of my collections is as follows (only because I rarely sell[hoarder]): </p><p><br /></p><p>My second-tier, or circulated, very-common modern coins are in albums, because they&#039;re just so cool to flip through, but you can get a LOT of scratching from the slides.&nbsp; Essentially, these are coins that are nice enough to look at, but not nice enough to sell.&nbsp; They&#039;re extras - period.&nbsp; (so there are holes for the key dates or where I don&#039;t have dup&#039;s of my nicest coins).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I also use those whitman folders for junk wheaties and circulated pennies to give them as gifts - better than some other small gift crap items, and it gets people interested collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>My junk coins are in tubes. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is obviously an over simplification. </p><p><br /></p><p>Where you do choose - strategically and wisely - to use albums, here&#039;s a link to a review I did a year or so ago. <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t199783/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t199783/">http://www.cointalk.com/t199783/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also remember, if your stuff is in OLD plastic (flips, pages, albums with slides) that may contain PVC - address that asap, and store your coins and paper separately (paper has chemicals that can corode (if in contact) or oddly tone your coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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