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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 237527, member: 4552&quot;]This has been brought up numerous times on many coin forums. UTTER NONSENCE. Some time back I heard this and since I have a safe deposit box in several banks I thought I&#039;d do some research. I went to 5 different banks and asked for an officer that knew something about the conditions of the banks air supply. I mentioned in each case I&#039;ve heard of banks adding moisture to the safe deposit areas. Every one looked at me as if I was nuts. Most humored me and explained it would be very expensive to add moisture to some areas and air condition other areas of the same establishment. Who would pay for that. Most safe deposit areas are to somewhat open to the bank for daily access and that would be a horendous air supply system to do what I mentioned. Also, adding moisture to areas where there is paper work would do more damage than good. Ever notice in&nbsp; desert areas such as Egypt nothing is distroyed by moisture? Then there is the personal that works in those areas that would have to be specially hired in order to be able to withstand excessive moisture. Now who would pay for that? I was sort of dismissed as a concerned customer and if not a customer probably thrown out for being so dumb. </p><p>I further went to a few banks in the downtown area of the Chicago area where I work. Asked the same questions and received the same answers. One bank person said only if I pay for it would they add moisture to such areas. </p><p>I put all completed Whitman Albums in those boxes and have been doing so for well into the 30 or 40 year area. So far no problems with anything happening to those coins. No Gel packs, No silica packs, no nothing except the albums. If anything happens to those coins in the next few hundred years, I&#039;ll let you know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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