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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1698813, member: 112&quot;]Well, the green spots are there, no getting around that. But as long as you store the coin properly they shouldn&#039;t get any worse. Verdigris requires moisture to grow, and proper storage eliminates moisture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that may, or may not, be of any consolation to you. But if you are like me and I think most other people, then once discovered those spots will tend to bug you. My advice in that situation is always the same - sell the coin and buy another that you like to replace it. And with that coin that should be easy enough to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing though, and others should pay attention to this part, when you buy a coin and then discover something like that - tiny spots of verdigris - that&#039;s one problem. But when you have owned a coin for a while, and it previously had no verdigris spots on it at all, but it does now - that&#039;s an entirely different problem. That tells you that you are not storing your coins properly and that you need to change things in how you store coins. The thing you need to change is your effort to control moisture.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are basically 2 things in proper coin storage that allow you to control moisture. 1 - using a sealed container of some kind. And 2 - silica gel packs. </p><p><br /></p><p>So if you are not using a sealed container, then change your methods and do so. And if you are not using silica gel packs, then change and do so. And you also have to change and/or re-charge those silica gel packs on a regular basis in order for them to be effective. So the sudden appearance of verdigris indicates you are not changing them often enough, or not following 1 and/or 2. Both are easily fixed.</p><p><br /></p><p>And remember, the same can be said when you notice toning appearing or changing on your coins. No, toning can never be stopped completely. But if you actually notice it, then you are doing something wrong in your storage methods. Because if you were using proper storage methods the toning would occur so slowly that you wouldn&#039;t be able to notice it. So remember that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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