Expert: Dmitry Livshits - 12/26/2009

Question
QUESTION: 1. What is the best archiving products?
2. How do I archive money, CDs, comic books, holy texts, Eternal Happiness, and Video Games?
3. Is there a universal or all steps archiving methods?

ANSWER: Henry,
Archiving and preserving are basically the same thing. So, the same rules I mentioned before for preservation would apply to archiving as well.
Thanks again! =)

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QUESTION: Is it:

1. Used plastic or glass as medium
2. put it in a dark, cool, and dry place such as a safe or vaults, or closets.

2. Where do I get an excellent glass or plastic as a medium?

Answer
Don't worry about glass, it is too expensive and not really needed unless you have something worth thousands of dollars. The plastic mediums I had given you links to in a previous answer.

The inert plastic cases for coins, bills and comic books are available on-line.
For coins, you can find cases of various sizes at:
http://www.whitmanbooks.com/default.aspx?SubCatOID=10&page=80
There are also other sites for these that you can find by doing a Google search for "Inert plastic holders"

For paper money: All kinds of sleeves and albums are available at
http://www.jpscorner.com/Currency_Supplies_Price_Guides.htm

For comic books: A variety of mylar (archival polyester) sleeves can be viewed at http://www.nextag.com/comic-book-mylar/shop-html