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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1637607, member: 26302&quot;]Yes, I should have been clearer. It was from an old hardware store and the flashlight had never had batteries in it. I have myself had batteries go bad in flashlights. This though was just some copper pieces, (I believe fuse box couplers if I remember right), put into a new aluminum flashlight tube. You could tell it was not from battery acid leeching, just corrosion of metal to metal contact.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is only one thing I have ever seen that is proven to never adversely affect coins in storage. Glass. I have seen different coins put away in glass jars, with the old glass lids. Those coins were about as pristine as I think anyone could ever hope. I was never able to buy them, but always wanted to. One canning jar I remember specifically in an auction about 1994. It contained about 4 rolls of WL halves from the mid 20&#039;s, still all BU. Beautiful coins still VERY white. I am sure they all ended up in slabs somewhere, but I doubt the slabs will protect them as well as that canning jar did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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