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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Flyliner, post: 2211234, member: 28965&quot;]I’ve had my small collection of handed down coins and bills stored in a small inexpensive safe. Recently I opened it and saw complete devastation. Everything that is metal has tarnished/rusted and molded, including some of the coins. See the attached pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems like all the paper money, gold, and silver bullion is fine (a few of the bills have warped like moisture got to them, but nosigns of mold that i can see). My gold coins are all fine, but the cases they are in have mold/hazy stuff on them. These sets wereall packaged in the 60s/70s, I’m guessing I will have to transfer into modern cases. All the gold/silver jewelry seems fine but theboxes have mold all over them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inside of the safe looks fine, I don’t see any leaks into the safe. It almost looks like the moisture came out of the coin sets themselves. I do live at the beach in a high humidity environment though, but I’ve kept desiccate in the safe. In another safe I use a Golden Rod to keep the safe warmer than the surrounding environment. Is there an equivalent for coin storage?</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see from the pic of the Morgan that the staples have rusted but the coin looks fine. I had 3-ring binders in the safe andthose were completely destroyed. I threw them out. The pic of the “blue tarnished: coins are a comparative set, I don’t think theywere worth anything anyway. I’m more concerned about all the proof sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve pulled everything out of the safe and put it out on a shelf.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m completely distressed about this, I don’t know what to do. Can these coins be saved? Maybe ultrasonic cleaning? Are thereany professional coin cleaners/restorers I can contact?</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone knows a reliable coin shop in Southern CA I’d appreciate the referral.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Any advice is appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]432043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432047[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432048[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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