Toned Mercs Questions

snapmohr

In 1994, I assembled a nice uncirculated (most w/FSB) set of Mercury Dimes complete (1935 - 1945). I stored them in a Dansco album and pulled them out last night for the first time in 10 years.

Almost all the coins have developed "nice/pretty" light toning.

My questions:

If I leave the coins in the album, will they continue to tone to a point where they are unattractive?
Intercept brand coin albums - do they provide better protection?
Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

mrfred

Not long ago, I helped a friend break apart a collection and sell it. Lots of the coins had developed toning. There weren't any Dansco albums, but quite a few Whitmans, and a lot of old 2-by-2s. My point: this collection had been stored in an unheated storage locker for a long time, over a decade I think. To me, some of the resultant toning was not attractive at all. A few were nice, but the majority was not. I think it has less to do with the particular album in which you store it than the environment in which the album is kept.