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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1312763, member: 112&quot;]Not really. The wood will also put off gasses that cause the copper to tone - no longer be red.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yep there are. But how do you know that copper coin hasn&#039;t been dipped in all of those years ? You don&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it impossible for a coin, copper or other, to stay untoned for many years ? No, it&#039;s not impossible. But the odds of it happening are like billions to one against.</p><p><br /></p><p>All coins begin to tone the instant they leave the dies. And only in recent years, from a historical perspective, has anyone even cared to try and stop them from toning. And even today, we do not have a practical means of doing so. The best we can do is to slow it down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper is the most reactive metal there is of all our coinage metals. Even today the TPGs know for a fact that you cannot stop red copper from toning. Even if you use the very best modern storage methods.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can draw your own conclusions from that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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