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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1714984, member: 112"]hemi - </p><p><br /></p><p>Not all commems are packaged alike,but most of them come in a box similar to this - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNITED-STATES-MINT-2012-INFANTRY-SOLDIER-SILVER-DOLLAR-/161031032790?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item257e328fd6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNITED-STATES-MINT-2012-INFANTRY-SOLDIER-SILVER-DOLLAR-/161031032790?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item257e328fd6" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNITED-STATES-MINT-2012-INFANTRY-SOLDIER-SILVER-DOLLAR-/161031032790?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item257e328fd6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Mint and Proof sets are the same way - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-2012-US-Mint-Proof-Uncirculated-Set-IKE-SBA-SAC-Dollars-Kennedy-Coins-/140880855415?_trksid=p2049127.m2100&_trkparms=aid%3D555003%26algo%3DPW.CAT%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D36%26meid%3D7890204514438595676%26pid%3D100046%26prg%3D1024%26rk%3D2%26" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-2012-US-Mint-Proof-Uncirculated-Set-IKE-SBA-SAC-Dollars-Kennedy-Coins-/140880855415?_trksid=p2049127.m2100&_trkparms=aid%3D555003%26algo%3DPW.CAT%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D36%26meid%3D7890204514438595676%26pid%3D100046%26prg%3D1024%26rk%3D2%26" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-2012-US-Mint-Proof-Uncirculated-Set-IKE-SBA-SAC-Dollars-Kennedy-Coins-/140880855415?_trksid=p2049127.m2100&_trkparms=aid=555003&algo=PW.CAT&ao=2&asc=36&meid=7890204514438595676&pid=100046&prg=1024&rk=2&</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If this the Lincoln commem you mean - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-abraham-lincoln-silver-dollar-COMMERORATIVE-/200926613523?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2ec828d013" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-abraham-lincoln-silver-dollar-COMMERORATIVE-/200926613523?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2ec828d013" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-abraham-lincoln-silver-dollar-COMMERORATIVE-/200926613523?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2ec828d013</a></p><p><br /></p><p>- then yeah, it came in a box too. Those are the boxes I am talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you should do is take your coins, leaving them in their plastic holders that are similar to Air- Tite holders and remove them from those cardboard boxes, and then store them properly. Of course that is assuming that you want to try and make sure that your coins tone as little as possible. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want them to tone, then by all means leave them in the original packaging. But be forewarned, there is no way of knowing how that toning will turn out. And be aware that the most common form of toning is gun metal grey, and that eventually all toning, if allowed to continue unchecked, turns black.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1714984, member: 112"]hemi - Not all commems are packaged alike,but most of them come in a box similar to this - [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNITED-STATES-MINT-2012-INFANTRY-SOLDIER-SILVER-DOLLAR-/161031032790?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item257e328fd6[/URL] Mint and Proof sets are the same way - [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-2012-US-Mint-Proof-Uncirculated-Set-IKE-SBA-SAC-Dollars-Kennedy-Coins-/140880855415?_trksid=p2049127.m2100&_trkparms=aid%3D555003%26algo%3DPW.CAT%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D36%26meid%3D7890204514438595676%26pid%3D100046%26prg%3D1024%26rk%3D2%26[/URL] If this the Lincoln commem you mean - [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-abraham-lincoln-silver-dollar-COMMERORATIVE-/200926613523?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2ec828d013[/URL] - then yeah, it came in a box too. Those are the boxes I am talking about. What you should do is take your coins, leaving them in their plastic holders that are similar to Air- Tite holders and remove them from those cardboard boxes, and then store them properly. Of course that is assuming that you want to try and make sure that your coins tone as little as possible. If you want them to tone, then by all means leave them in the original packaging. But be forewarned, there is no way of knowing how that toning will turn out. And be aware that the most common form of toning is gun metal grey, and that eventually all toning, if allowed to continue unchecked, turns black.[/QUOTE]
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