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I think it depends on how careful you are. People have been using cabinets for a long time before slabs, quadrums, capsules were available and so I assume they must be fine if you are not careless. Like Non, I use quadrums. There is the quadrum intercept claims to protect coins from tarnishing for up to 15 years.

Is this the little one you bought from Rob Davis? Tidy little piece that.

Personally I prefer a classic wooden coin cabinet for my copper and bronze proofs. I've got several cabinets, and this is the quite small one I use for my proofs. Walnut, with untreated mahogany trays so as to prevent leeching/contamination. Untreated mahogany is always the best wood for storage. Incidentally, talking of copper proofs, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see quite a few in Noonans auction of the Philip Richardson collection of George III coins on 3rd October 2023 at 14h BST.

I tend to keep all my raw coins in quadrum capsules of the appropriate size. So far (8 years since I started collecting) nothing has been affected by these capsules.

Sorry - got it now!

Just now reading in the 'More Pennies' thread about the B over R 1862 penny which sold on eBay recently and it being only the eight known example it occurred I'd not shared this here. A 1694 halfpenny with the MVRIA error in the obverse legend. Before now both Rob and myself had believed there to be only three in existence. Mine makes four. Extremely rare, and to give this some context; there are now six 1695 DEI GRATIA halfpennies recorded.

Ah, the Villy Hall, imagifole, chittery-chattery and sip tilty-elbow from fine chiney tea-cuppers. deep joy