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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1720861, member: 112"]Correct, they are all air permeable. </p><p><br /></p><p>If someone doubts that and you want to see what I mean do a little test. Do you like Oreo cookies ? Next time you get some put them in a Zip-Loc bag, then put them on the shelf in the cabinets, top of the fridge, wherever you keep them, overnight. Next day pick up that bag, do not open it, and smell it. You're gonna smell those cookies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if the bag was airtight you wouldn't be able to smell anything. But you can because the air goes right through that plastic. Not out the top, but right through the plastic itself. That's why you can smell the cookies. Same thing will happen with your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zip-Locs and plastic bags are a good idea for people who have no other method, but they are certainly not necessary for proper coin storage. Will they help at all ? Yeah sure they will, but you don't need them, and they won't help enough to matter if you are using proper storage methods to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are using a safe, or a Tupperware container to store your coins in, and you use a silica gel pack inside that, then the Zip-Locs aren't going to make any difference. So why bother ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1720861, member: 112"]Correct, they are all air permeable. If someone doubts that and you want to see what I mean do a little test. Do you like Oreo cookies ? Next time you get some put them in a Zip-Loc bag, then put them on the shelf in the cabinets, top of the fridge, wherever you keep them, overnight. Next day pick up that bag, do not open it, and smell it. You're gonna smell those cookies. Now if the bag was airtight you wouldn't be able to smell anything. But you can because the air goes right through that plastic. Not out the top, but right through the plastic itself. That's why you can smell the cookies. Same thing will happen with your coins. Zip-Locs and plastic bags are a good idea for people who have no other method, but they are certainly not necessary for proper coin storage. Will they help at all ? Yeah sure they will, but you don't need them, and they won't help enough to matter if you are using proper storage methods to begin with. If you are using a safe, or a Tupperware container to store your coins in, and you use a silica gel pack inside that, then the Zip-Locs aren't going to make any difference. So why bother ?[/QUOTE]
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