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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 395592, member: 360"]Hi Dave, </p><p><br /></p><p>I've read in other sites, exactly what you've said. I've also read that slabbing coins is no guarantee of protection, since it's not a vacuum or anything and as you rightly say - plastic deteriorates in ways we don't and can't know. I mean I only speak from my personal experience with people who have stored other things in plastic containers (bags, boxes, cases etc) such as antique pens and suchlike - and there are times when that can be absolutely horrendous. So I do understand your point there. </p><p><br /></p><p>From what I've seen and read, removing slabbed coins is a regular thing, and is fine provided you don't damage the coin in the process (obviously). All the dealers I've ever bought coins from simply put them in those little cardboard coin-pouches with the plastic windows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 395592, member: 360"]Hi Dave, I've read in other sites, exactly what you've said. I've also read that slabbing coins is no guarantee of protection, since it's not a vacuum or anything and as you rightly say - plastic deteriorates in ways we don't and can't know. I mean I only speak from my personal experience with people who have stored other things in plastic containers (bags, boxes, cases etc) such as antique pens and suchlike - and there are times when that can be absolutely horrendous. So I do understand your point there. From what I've seen and read, removing slabbed coins is a regular thing, and is fine provided you don't damage the coin in the process (obviously). All the dealers I've ever bought coins from simply put them in those little cardboard coin-pouches with the plastic windows.[/QUOTE]
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