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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2515998, member: 1892"]If there's no air inside the airtight bag holding the coinage, there's no way for moisture to be there either. Employ mylar flips instead of cardboard (which holds moisture), no paper product at all inside the bag, remove the air from the bag when you seal it (pressing it out is enough; you don't need to employ a vacuum pump) with a couple dessicant packs inside, and then concentrate on insulating the whole thing as much as possible from temperature and humidity changes. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is doable. If you're paranoid (raises hand), use a few layers of airtight baggage, each holding a couple dessicant packs, against the possibility that humidity will eventually work its' way in, and seal each ziplock edge with folded-over clear shipping tape so they won't come loose.</p><p><br /></p><p>And replace that metal container with a glass one, with a sealed top.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2515998, member: 1892"]If there's no air inside the airtight bag holding the coinage, there's no way for moisture to be there either. Employ mylar flips instead of cardboard (which holds moisture), no paper product at all inside the bag, remove the air from the bag when you seal it (pressing it out is enough; you don't need to employ a vacuum pump) with a couple dessicant packs inside, and then concentrate on insulating the whole thing as much as possible from temperature and humidity changes. This is doable. If you're paranoid (raises hand), use a few layers of airtight baggage, each holding a couple dessicant packs, against the possibility that humidity will eventually work its' way in, and seal each ziplock edge with folded-over clear shipping tape so they won't come loose. And replace that metal container with a glass one, with a sealed top.[/QUOTE]
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