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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7775794, member: 112&quot;]Yeah, that was an old trick to help alleviate the effects of toning caused by paper roll wrappers. Wrap a roll of copper coins in aluminum foil, then put them inside the paper roll. And it worked great - sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Problem was, if there was ever high humidity, then the moisture caused a chemical reaction between the copper and the aluminum and that chemical reaction corroded the coins far worse than any toning ever did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just about anything and everything that anybody could ever imagine has been tried when it comes to protecting coins and preventing toning. But the only thing that really works is proper storage. And it took collectors hundreds of years to figure that out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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