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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1817627, member: 112&quot;]Just because something is written in a book do you think that means it is true ? It is an indisputable fact that there are a whole lot of times that it is not true.</p><p><br /></p><p>The key to proper preservation of silver artifacts and coins, (or any coin for that matter), is proper storage. Museums do not practice proper storage and so their silver artifacts and coins suffer the ravages of uncontrolled toning. The very same thing happens to the coins of collectors who do not practice proper storage. THAT is the primary problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>The secondary problem is that museums have followed the practice of polishing silver artifacts and coins for literally hundreds of years. So in many cases of course the initial damage was done to them hundreds of years ago, only to be compounded many times over in the ensuing years. And once done, there is no fixing that damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now all of this is easily understandable for in years past people did not have the necessary knowledge to protect artifacts, they were not even aware of this knowledge. So of course they did what they did. But none of that makes what they did, and continue to do, the right course of action to follow.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that we have to realize today is that for any artifacts or coins that still retain their originality is that we need to follow proper storage practices and not follow the mistaken and erroneous preservation practices of the past.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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