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<p>[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 2338983, member: 17261"]The moisture is already there, it's part of nearly everything. You're breathing it in right now. It doesn't matter how well you have your coins "sealed", there is already air (thus moisture) trapped inside.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fluctuating temperature is the WORST possible thing for coins. Open your mind a little, there are processes at work that you cannot perceive. On a electrochemical scale, all metals have internal currents constantly flowing, there is also micro-level humidity. These micro-currents/humidity are always changing with the environment. As metal cools, more micro-condensation is formed on the surface, i.e. a thicker molecular layer. As this layer interacts with the current, you get corrosion. As temperature fluctuates, this drives the process even more and eventually you'll have corrosion you can see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 2338983, member: 17261"]The moisture is already there, it's part of nearly everything. You're breathing it in right now. It doesn't matter how well you have your coins "sealed", there is already air (thus moisture) trapped inside. Fluctuating temperature is the WORST possible thing for coins. Open your mind a little, there are processes at work that you cannot perceive. On a electrochemical scale, all metals have internal currents constantly flowing, there is also micro-level humidity. These micro-currents/humidity are always changing with the environment. As metal cools, more micro-condensation is formed on the surface, i.e. a thicker molecular layer. As this layer interacts with the current, you get corrosion. As temperature fluctuates, this drives the process even more and eventually you'll have corrosion you can see.[/QUOTE]
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