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Originally Posted by ls7plus
I think most of us have cards over 100 years old, and these have some wear due to handling, but really haven't deteriorated due to the passage of time. I'm with Leon: they'll very likely last far, far longer than any of us. decades, centuries, milleniums?
Best to all,
Larry
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Totally agree. However there are some issues that are (obviously) more sensitive than others, such as butterfingers, strip cards, et al. If these are stored in the wrong conditions (high humidity, heat, light, etc), they will deteriorate much more rapidly than those on cardboard and could literally fall apart before we are gone. Much similar to comics in that regard. Cardboard is stable relative to these types of issues.