I just purchased a tube of maples from an online dealer. My question are these "Sealed" meaning air tite from the mint? I.e. should I not take the top off?
Not that I am aware of. In fact, I do not think they come in tubes from the mint, but someone could correct me if I am wrong.
They come in tubes of 25 from RCM. Not sure if they are 100% airtite, but would not open it if you are keeping for long-term. TC
Cool to know, thanks TC. I stand corrected, but would say without a plastic seal around the lid would not be airtight. Whenever I have a roll I wish to preserve, I put them in tubes but then seal the edges with tape to prevent leakage of air into it. IDK if its perfect or if the tape is necessary, but have never unsealed one with any toning. Of course, I have not unsealed one in more than a decade now....
Medora just has roll after roll of ASE and Maples laying around the house collecting dust like they are common pennies. Oh please adopt me wise one!
No, but BU rolls of stuff like wheat cents, jeffersons, morgans, maybe one roll of WL halves, stuff like that. Just stuff bought over 30 years buying US coins. No one has to be wise to have some original rolls around, just old. Now non-bu? Yeah, lot of rolls of silver junk. I don't worry about those coins, they are lucky if they are sitting in a roll.
The US Mint, Canadian Mint, and the Austrian Mint send the coins in mint sealed boxes of 500. Inside the box are tubes of 20 from the US Mint/Austrian Mint and 25 from the Canadian Mint. I have also seen maples in sealed mint sheets of 10 coins, but not many PM dealers carry them, because they cost more.
The tube of 20 from the mint that has the green plastic "Treasury" top is not air tight. My tubes from the 80s developed strong toning on the top coin and the rims of the next couple. But it took about 20 years, so they are probably sa air tight as "air-tites" (TM) or slabs.
