old wayte raymond question

erwindoc

Will an old album still tone coins? At a b&m and they had several for sale but said they wouldn't tone coins anymore.

coinsarefun

Yes they will but as will all natural toned coins it takes many, many years. From time to time they sell on Ebay for a slight premium.

coindeuce

Depending upon how and where those Raymond albums were stored for the past 50-70 years, there is a strong possibility that all of the active composition of those albums pages has been diminished to a point of no effect. Think of the fiber composition of those pages in a fashion similar to radioactive elements. Their elements do decay / chemically decompose over time in the atmosphere.

mirabela

Right, it's like a half-life situation -- they'll still do it, but much more slowly than when they were new. Whatever it is that they offgas, a lot of it is gone.

That said, I have popped some coins into old Mehrig and WR albums, and they do still change.

lablover

Jason,

You can still buy some of the boards new and never used. Here's a link to a site I found sometime ago. I acquired some of the Dime (Roosie) boards and was very, very pleased with what I received.

Hope they have what your looking for.

Wayte Raymond Mehrig

19Lyds

<< <i>Depending upon how and where those Raymond albums were stored for the past 50-70 years, there is a strong possibility that all of the active composition of those albums pages has been diminished to a point of no effect. Think of the fiber composition of those pages in a fashion similar to radioactive elements. Their elements do decay / chemically decompose over time in the atmosphere. >>

Meah.

Soakem in a sulphur rich solution and they'll be just as good as new.

BG

I hope they still do:

chumley

you can still buy national coin albums which are about the same as wayte raymonds.I currently have 5 of the long books and a couple shorties..I also have a cuban cigar box that is toning some modern quarters nicely..just hope I can hang around long enuff to observe all the results

19Lyds

<< <i>..just hope I can hang around long enuff to observe all the results >>

What's that supposed to mean?