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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 2093305, member: 15199"]For protection of large albums, boxes, sacks of coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Use 2 of these bags.</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Double-Zipper-X-Large-4-Count/dp/B003U6A3EY" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Double-Zipper-X-Large-4-Count/dp/B003U6A3EY" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Double-Zipper-X-Large-4-Count/dp/B003U6A3EY</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Put your coins/ album inside the first giant one, Take a regular ziplock quart bag, use a paper punch and put some holes in the quart bag. get some new copper cents, scratch the outside copper coat with an abrasive surface and put them into the quart zipper bag and seal it, put the quart bag in the large bag and seal it. The abraded 100% copper on the new cents will collect any sulfur or reactive chemicals in the air better than the other coins. When a copper cent in the holed quart bag even turns slightly RB, replace all of them and your protection begins again. If you are really paranoid, put a similar punctured abraded cent filled bag in the second giant bag and insert the first giant ziplock into the second giant bag and zip, and dare any corrosion to occur. It is ugly, but protective. Use as many repetitions you wish. Only need a few new cents per bag, but check to see if any turn RB more often at first or if opened often.</p><p><br /></p><p> Intercept shield works the same, except they use to be (1) non replaceable shields, and (2) no way for the owner to know when they were not working other than the coins they were protecting would start to show damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Total cost is low.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 2093305, member: 15199"]For protection of large albums, boxes, sacks of coins: Use 2 of these bags. [url]http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Double-Zipper-X-Large-4-Count/dp/B003U6A3EY[/url] Put your coins/ album inside the first giant one, Take a regular ziplock quart bag, use a paper punch and put some holes in the quart bag. get some new copper cents, scratch the outside copper coat with an abrasive surface and put them into the quart zipper bag and seal it, put the quart bag in the large bag and seal it. The abraded 100% copper on the new cents will collect any sulfur or reactive chemicals in the air better than the other coins. When a copper cent in the holed quart bag even turns slightly RB, replace all of them and your protection begins again. If you are really paranoid, put a similar punctured abraded cent filled bag in the second giant bag and insert the first giant ziplock into the second giant bag and zip, and dare any corrosion to occur. It is ugly, but protective. Use as many repetitions you wish. Only need a few new cents per bag, but check to see if any turn RB more often at first or if opened often. Intercept shield works the same, except they use to be (1) non replaceable shields, and (2) no way for the owner to know when they were not working other than the coins they were protecting would start to show damage. Total cost is low.[/QUOTE]
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