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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2839709, member: 82616&quot;][USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER]&nbsp; this may or not be the place to post this, but a while back when I was researching storage methods I came across this post of yours from 2006 on the old ancients.info forum: </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;When I first started collecting Roman Imperial coins (in 1939) the fashion was to keep them in those small acid free white paper envelopes, writing the coin description and attribution data on the outside in fine black ink. The envelopes were arranged and stored in those ubiquitous long and narrow cardboard storage boxes. I don&#039;t recall anyone taking particular care or exercising special precautions when sliding the coins in and out of the envelopes and handling them. The prevailing wisdom seemed to be that the patinated surfaces of Aes coins would not be harmed by normal handling. Likewise, I seem to remember that just about all silver coins were darkly toned from handling and storage -- as a general rule collectors didn&#039;t seem to polish or clean them at that time. Of course, gold coins retained their natural lustre in normal handling.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>That was one of things I read that swayed me to paper envelopes. Ever since coming across that post I have paid keen attention to your postings here. I normally don&#039;t comment on them because they are out of my collecting niche, but I do read them. I just wanted you to know that your contributions are indeed valued, commented upon or not![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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