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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2651871, member: 112&quot;]Yeah, I would, to a limited extent and only under certain conditions. </p><p><br /></p><p>Verdigris by its very nature is capable of absorbing moisture, whereas the metal of a coin is not capable of doing so. So, if moisture is present, and that can mean even in the air in the form of humidity, the verdigris can absorb that moisture, hold it against the coin and cause further corrosion.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, with proper storage moisture can be limited to a great degree. And if it is then verdigris is, for all practical purposes, a benign substance that will just sit there and cause no further harm. In other words, if a coin has verdigris on it and the coin is properly stored then that verdigris being there isn&#039;t going to hurt anything or cause further damage to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m trying to say is that verdigris is not the enemy of coins, it is instead merely what the enemies of coins produce on coins. Moisture and contaminants that are in the air are the enemies of coins, all coins. It is these 2 things that cause corrosion on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, if you limit both moisture and air flow as much as possible with proper storage then you have done as much as can humanly be done to protect your coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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