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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 173399, member: 669&quot;]Adam, I think you are talking about a Whitman Folder, not an Album.&nbsp; The folders were made with a hole to push the coin into, and a paper backing which leaves only the obverse visible.&nbsp; The albums were made with a hole all the way through the cardboard, and plastic slides on both sides to keep obverse and reverse visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The paper/cardboard used in those old folders was <u>not</u> archival quality, and had a sulfer content sufficient to greatly speed up the tarnishing of silver coins, especially if they were subjected to high humidity or dampness since one entire surface was in contact with the paper.&nbsp; In an album only the edges are in contact with the paper, and typically many of those coins have highly tarnished edges and lightly tarnished centers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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