Hello everyone! I have sort of a dilemma. I have several coins (Large cents and Colonial coins) that I "dug" while Metal detecting that are slowly fading away even though they are protected as much as I know how. Most are in " self-slabs" and maybe a few in cardboard 2x2's. One coin I worry about is a coin I purchased for $50 that's a 1694 William/Mary Half cent- Unbarred from the UK. The others I can deal with because their, well, dug and not worth much except the memories they hold of the finds. Is there anything else that can be done to protect these coins? Here are a few examples. What's your advice? Thanks all!
I can't tell too much from the pictures. The Liberty could go either way, but it looks like stable verdigris. Are you talking about toning or bronze disease?
The same rules for proper storage applies to those as it does for any other coin. Place them all in hard plastic holders. Place them all in an inert sealable container, a Tupperware container for example. Place a rechargeable silica-gel pack inside the container. There can be no paper products of any kind in the container. And store the container in room that has no walls that border the exterior of the home so that the temperature in the room remains as constant as possible. And that's about all, and the best, you can do.
Kinda made me think I will wear out before my coins do. You may have the opposite problem, but I doubt it.
