I have to wonder if is not an environmental issue particular to your home or place of storage. I say this because I have had 2 full rolls of 2000 Sackys stored in ring type Air-Tites for my son for over 1o years now - and not one spot on a single coin. Now since Sackys are probably the most reactive of all our coins, even worse than copper, I find it odd that if there was a problem with the rings that it would not show up on them. I could also relate that I once had a roll of ASE's stored in direct fit Air-Tites for about 2 years, and every one of them developed a light purple (some might call it rose) color around the edges. This leads me to think that any toning has far more to do with the unique environmental coinditions for each place of storage than it does with the holder itself.
Despite the fact that I live in South Florida where it is very hot and humid, climate control has always been my #1 priority, so that has never been an issue with any of my coins regardless of whether they are raw, in AirTites or slabbed. I, too, have countless dozens of Sac's in nothing more than flips, and they are as pristine as the day they were struck. I can only assume that the chemical composition of the black accent ring has a reactionary problem with silver. You mentioned that the edges of your SAE's have turned a purplish hue, and it would be my guess that they will eventually turn black, too. Chris
You have to understand that many collectors purchase ASEs and AGEs with the same passion that others collect Morgan and Peace dollars, and are interested in preserving them for the potential future rise in numismatic value [and just because they like them that way]. There are bullion coins, circulation coins, and proof coins, but they are all coins and all collectible.
Possible, I no longer own them. But did you miss that I pointed that the ASE's were in direct fit holders - no ring ?
Oops! My faux pas! While I'm at it.........are you using the black ring or white ring on the Sac's? You didn't mention which. Chris
Silver 1 oz. Maples are 38mm • Direct Fit H-39 AirTite is designed for 1 oz. Silver Rounds • Ring-Type I-39 is also for Silver Rounds and does fit Maples. Gold 1 oz. Maples are 30mm (US Half Dollar size) Platinum 1 oz. Maples are 30mm (US Half Dollar size) • Direct fit Model T for Half Dollar are 30.6mm inside dimension • Ring-type Model H for Half Dollar Palladium 1 oz. Maples are 34mm • Direct fit: ? • Ring-type Model I The Coin Supply Store has a nice chart at the bottom of this page that contains all the measurements in metric and inches to that of which type AirTite fits. You can cross refernce with the JPs Corner.com Ring Gauge.
Color me confused... What the heck is a Sackys? As for the point of this thread, I've had copper in white-ring Airtites for about 5 years -- no changes.
I never used the white rings. I encountered the discoloration when using the black rings for silver dollars. Unfortunately, it costed me $450 plus shipping to have them conserved by NCS, and rather than take any chances in the future, I will never use them again. Chris
I'm looking to put together a complete set of Canadian Maples. I wonder what will fit these good for storage?
This sounds like a great idea, but what are intercept Shield holders, and where do I buy them? I like my new silver white too . I got some silver maples and they were sent in tubes, and although they are not proofs or anything numismaticly valuable, they are new and shiny and I would like to keep them pretty. I gather from what I've read here that polishing is not allowed . I have never bought new silver coins before, only 90%, so I don't know what I'm doing. If I leave the new coins in the tubes, how long before they tarnish? Silver jewelry tarnishes pretty quickly. Are the intercepts also made for gold coins?
Just use a search engine like Google and start reading up but here's the link for ya: Intercept shield Lots of sellers out there, take your pick.
Thank you! I have never heard of these. I will also search around here to see if there are any threads on the pros and cons of Airtites versus Intercept Shields. The 90% is still staying in a paper bag however...
