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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2878442, member: 112"]No, because there is nothing safe about them.</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all most of them <u>are not</u> of archival quality. And even those that are, do not provide adequate protection for the coin - it is all too easy for a coin to be scratched or dented right through that thin mylar. Secondly, cardboard dust is a problem. All of them produce cardboard dust and when that dust gets on your coins, and it will, it can often cause spots on the coin as that dust decays over time. It can also cause hairlines as the coin moves around inside the holder - and they all move around in there, no matter how tight you try and squeeze them together.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to coin holders you get what you pay for - you want cheap you get cheap. And cheap offers no protection. If you want to protect your your coins then you need to buy hard plastic coin holders for each individual coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2878442, member: 112"]No, because there is nothing safe about them. First of all most of them [U]are not[/U] of archival quality. And even those that are, do not provide adequate protection for the coin - it is all too easy for a coin to be scratched or dented right through that thin mylar. Secondly, cardboard dust is a problem. All of them produce cardboard dust and when that dust gets on your coins, and it will, it can often cause spots on the coin as that dust decays over time. It can also cause hairlines as the coin moves around inside the holder - and they all move around in there, no matter how tight you try and squeeze them together. When it comes to coin holders you get what you pay for - you want cheap you get cheap. And cheap offers no protection. If you want to protect your your coins then you need to buy hard plastic coin holders for each individual coin.[/QUOTE]
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