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<p>[QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 3365984, member: 100720"]In terms of getting a good rattle - I got a rattle - a definite rattle. I am preparing for a big event right now but in a few weeks when I have more time I will take a video of the rattle, so you can rate how much of a rattle it is. Either way, for me, it was too much of a rattle and would have produced scratches that I would very much like to avoid.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of the "temperature coefficients" - I'm a layman when it comes to science and scientific jargon. What I understand your saying is that temperature changes will effect the metal differently than it will effect the plastic in terms of the metal and plastic expanding and contracting due to temperature changes, and therefore there needs to be a small difference in the measurements of the plastic vs the metal. Is that what you mean? If so, I would think that .1mm would suffice. Again, I'm not a scientist and am a science layman. But we're not talking a difference in temperatures from the Arctic Tundra to the midday desert sun. We're talking a safety deposit box in a big USA East Coast city.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of saying that the difference is .3mm on each side - It's been a few decades since my high school math class, so, please correct me in the real possibility that I'm misunderstanding something, but a space of .3mm on each side assumes the coin stays centered inside the capsule. However, the nature of the space being too big means that the coin can and will shift to the edge of the capsule and then move back to the other edge which is a shift of .6mm from side to side.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure what you want me to measure with a micrometer, but, can't we trust Canada to measure their coins correctly? And in terms of the Airtite capsule, as I wrote in a different post above, I am a good customer at this website: <a href="http://www.air-tites.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.air-tites.com" rel="nofollow">www.air-tites.com</a> which sells massive quantities of Airtites and has no reason to cheat a good customer by selling me a different product. Either way, I wont have time for a few weeks to make a video and take measurements showing that there is a large enough rattle which can cause scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>The good news is that with an Airtite H39 Ring-Capsule with a 30mm Ring, the Gold Maple Leaf coin does not shift and there is no rattle AT ALL. It truly is a "Perfect Fit."</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I just have to worry about the contents of the foamy-type-substance they use in those Rings. Is it really something that wont break down and fuse with the Gold over the decades and through the temperature shifts of a safe deposit box? Time will tell, I guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 3365984, member: 100720"]In terms of getting a good rattle - I got a rattle - a definite rattle. I am preparing for a big event right now but in a few weeks when I have more time I will take a video of the rattle, so you can rate how much of a rattle it is. Either way, for me, it was too much of a rattle and would have produced scratches that I would very much like to avoid. In terms of the "temperature coefficients" - I'm a layman when it comes to science and scientific jargon. What I understand your saying is that temperature changes will effect the metal differently than it will effect the plastic in terms of the metal and plastic expanding and contracting due to temperature changes, and therefore there needs to be a small difference in the measurements of the plastic vs the metal. Is that what you mean? If so, I would think that .1mm would suffice. Again, I'm not a scientist and am a science layman. But we're not talking a difference in temperatures from the Arctic Tundra to the midday desert sun. We're talking a safety deposit box in a big USA East Coast city. In terms of saying that the difference is .3mm on each side - It's been a few decades since my high school math class, so, please correct me in the real possibility that I'm misunderstanding something, but a space of .3mm on each side assumes the coin stays centered inside the capsule. However, the nature of the space being too big means that the coin can and will shift to the edge of the capsule and then move back to the other edge which is a shift of .6mm from side to side. I'm not sure what you want me to measure with a micrometer, but, can't we trust Canada to measure their coins correctly? And in terms of the Airtite capsule, as I wrote in a different post above, I am a good customer at this website: [URL='http://www.air-tites.com']www.air-tites.com[/URL] which sells massive quantities of Airtites and has no reason to cheat a good customer by selling me a different product. Either way, I wont have time for a few weeks to make a video and take measurements showing that there is a large enough rattle which can cause scratches. The good news is that with an Airtite H39 Ring-Capsule with a 30mm Ring, the Gold Maple Leaf coin does not shift and there is no rattle AT ALL. It truly is a "Perfect Fit." Now I just have to worry about the contents of the foamy-type-substance they use in those Rings. Is it really something that wont break down and fuse with the Gold over the decades and through the temperature shifts of a safe deposit box? Time will tell, I guess.[/QUOTE]
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