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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2887953, member: 112&quot;]If you want to keep out humidity then the rubber gasket has to stay for that is what keeps out the humidity. Remove the gasket and the ammo cans are no longer sealed.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, the concerns mentioned about who makes the ammo cans are valid for they are not all created equal. Some have inferior seals and some are made of inferior materials. And then there are some that are perfectly acceptable for use. So how do you tell one from the other ? Well, you have to use them I guess and find out. Or, rely on the experience of others who have used them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me, I&#039;ve never used ammo cans to store coins in. But I have used them for their intended purpose, to store ammo, and I have done so for 50 years or longer. And here&#039;s the thing, ammo has brass casings and brass is made of copper and zinc. Copper is our most reactive coinage metal, and zinc, well zinc is even more reactive than copper. My point is this, I&#039;ve stored ammo, the same ammo, in an ammo can for over 10 years and the brass is still as bright and shiny as the day it was put in there. Also realize that ammo is typically sold packaged in cardboard boxes, and cardboard is laden with sulfur. So, if brass, exposed to sulfur laden cardboard, can survive for 10 years without even the slightest sign of tarnish or discoloration - then coins in proper coin holders most certainly can.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what ammo cans do I use ? All my life, the only ones I&#039;ve ever used are those that were US Military ammo cans. They work and do what they were intended to do - protect their contents from the environment. </p><p><br /></p><p>And for the record I have never used silica gel packs inside them. I&#039;m not saying you shouldn&#039;t if storing coins, I&#039;m just saying I never have when storing ammo. And not once have I ever had even a single brass casing tarnish or discolor in the least way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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